Che Hinton
We have spent the last few days following in the footsteps of Che Guevara travelling along Ruta 40 in Northern Argentina. However, there was no transformation to Marxist revolutionary for us - instead we found the vinyards and bodegas of Cafayate and a whole different transformation!
It's getting near the end of the trip now so budgets are being thrown out the window. Therfore we decided to hire a car for a few days and trace some of his initial steps of discovery. We didn't see a great deal of poverty to be fair but we did see some pretty nice landscapes (photos uploaded to the galleries when I find a PC with USB...). We have been treated to a fair few of those recently through Bolivia and then on the unofficial birthday ride from Chile into Argentina. Altiplanos, multicolored lagoons and psychedelic salt flats to name but a few.
My offical birthday was spent in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile and Deborah got me back for having food poisoning on her birthday by being sick for mine. So the birthday celebrations were delayed a few days until we got to Salta in Argentina. Everyone says that Argentinian steak is the best and I can't argue. On our first night we were treated to an all you can eat BBQ. I mean no offence to anyone who has ever cooked me steak but they were the five best steaks I have ever had. Weighing in at around 1.5 kilos though I'm still paying for it now. As a theme for the evening the wine was also all you can drink. A trip out to the local nightclub with the locals ensued which was fun though I'm reliably informed at the end someone had to take me from the taxi to help me to my room! Me and drink - never again!!!
Now we find ourselves in Cordoba, just a pitstop, before we take an overnight bus this evening to Buenos Aires. Again, budget has been thrown out the window and we have decided to rent an apartment for a week. I love backpacking put I'm a big fan of flashpacking too and can not wait to spend some quality time in what sounds a pretty exciting city!!
It's getting near the end of the trip now so budgets are being thrown out the window. Therfore we decided to hire a car for a few days and trace some of his initial steps of discovery. We didn't see a great deal of poverty to be fair but we did see some pretty nice landscapes (photos uploaded to the galleries when I find a PC with USB...). We have been treated to a fair few of those recently through Bolivia and then on the unofficial birthday ride from Chile into Argentina. Altiplanos, multicolored lagoons and psychedelic salt flats to name but a few.
My offical birthday was spent in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile and Deborah got me back for having food poisoning on her birthday by being sick for mine. So the birthday celebrations were delayed a few days until we got to Salta in Argentina. Everyone says that Argentinian steak is the best and I can't argue. On our first night we were treated to an all you can eat BBQ. I mean no offence to anyone who has ever cooked me steak but they were the five best steaks I have ever had. Weighing in at around 1.5 kilos though I'm still paying for it now. As a theme for the evening the wine was also all you can drink. A trip out to the local nightclub with the locals ensued which was fun though I'm reliably informed at the end someone had to take me from the taxi to help me to my room! Me and drink - never again!!!
Now we find ourselves in Cordoba, just a pitstop, before we take an overnight bus this evening to Buenos Aires. Again, budget has been thrown out the window and we have decided to rent an apartment for a week. I love backpacking put I'm a big fan of flashpacking too and can not wait to spend some quality time in what sounds a pretty exciting city!!
Hiya,
All sounds good with you.
No offence taken! You can't have been too bad if you can remember the steaks Alexander - or did you have to show him the photos Deborah?!
Great idea to splash out a bit, those days will be another special part of the whole thing! 5-star hotel in Rio to close with a bang? Yes!!!
We had a great trip down to Somerset this weekend. Three days with our friends down there - Sue and Mike in the B&B; took them out to dinner one night and Sue cooked for us the next night. Finally, well, nearly finally took her through her family history - bit of tidying up to do still.
It was Somerset Arts weekend; 200 artists, sculptors and wood turners all over the place opened their workshops and galleries to the public. Brilliant! Met some lovely folks; did some stone carving; fixed a longcase clock for one of them; talked family history with the woodturner (he has a workshop to die for!) and bought some nice bits and pieces. All super!
Car - people carrier - now booked and confirmed pick up at Bournemouth office. Couldn't get it at the airport cos we didn't have a flight number!
Several days sunshine here about to come to an end though!
Take care, keep well,
Lotsa lurv fm us-two-to-you-two-too,
The GMs,
XXXOOOXXX
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Anonymous |
29 September 2008 09:59
feliz cumpleaños. Mi amigo
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29 September 2008 15:23