http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/EllaHenry/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from EllaHenry en-us Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:45:14 BST Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:45:14 BST So I havnt written for awhile...and Im now in La Paz. I really enjoyed Cochabamba and wish I could have stayed longer but if m planning to be in Santiago in time to catch my flight home I had to get moving. I got into La Paz at about 530 sunday morning and promptly threw up in the bathroom at the bus station thats what being at over 3500m does to me apparently. Im mostly better now so http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-283076.html So when i last wrote I was in Cafayate and since then i did indeed head straight up to Cochabamba and although it doesnt look that far on a map it took me 3 days to get there. I left Cafayate at 9am last friday and then hung out around the bus station in Salta for 11 hours. I knew there was only one bus a day from Salta to the border but i didnt know what time it left so i took the early http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Cochabamba-Department/Cochabamba/blog-279449.html Before leaving buenos aires i visited Palermo a fairly chic neighboorhood with huge parks and i even found a vegetarian Indian restaurant thereSpeaking of food i heard all these things about how it would be impossible to be a vegetarian in Argentina because theres so much meat. And there is a lot of meat but theres also a lot of pizza pastas and empanadas all which can be vegetarian. The http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Cafayate/blog-276758.html Thursday Evening there was a tango lesson at the hostel which was fun although im no good at it. Afterwards...at 1am which is fairly early for Buenos Aires we went out to a milonga tango house that the teacher recommended. It wasnt at all touristy in fact there wasnt even a sign letting you know it was there. The group of us mostly tried to fade into the background and just watch because http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-274792.html This morning i went for breakfast cafe con leche y medialunas otherwise known as a latte and croissants at a cute little cafe and then I wandered around San Telemo the area im staying in for a while. Its a cute neiboorhood with lots of art and antique shops and at least one internet cafe on every block which is useful for updating this. I got some empanadas to go for lunch and ate the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-274293.html The plane ride was really long and uneventful. I took the bus into the city its not short it took over 2 and a half hours. But i like trying to figure my way around public transportation systems in languages i dont understand. The plus side of taking the bus is that i got to see pretty much the entire city and figure out how to use the bus system. First i had to use my limited spanish skill http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-273977.html