Blogs from Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 2

Leider kann ich keine Fotos hochladen, da das Internet hier nicht gut genug ist. Deswegen müssen die nächsten Blogs ohne Fotos auskommen. Da in Cordoba nicht so viel passiert ist, werde ich meine gesamten 3 Wochen in einem Blog zusammenfassen. Alles in allem ist es eine doch recht schöne Stadt, die viele Dinge zu bieten hat. Die erste Woche bin ich es zunächst sehr relaxed angegangen, habe in Francos Wohnung gechillt und bin dann ab und zu hinausgegangen und hab mich ein bisschen in der Gegend umgeschaut, was Gott sein Dank sehr einfach ist, da alle Straßen nach Schachbrettmuster aufgebaut sind. Zu Francos Wohnung gibt es zu sagen, dass es eine typische Studentenwohnung ist-sehr sperrlich eingerichtet, kaum was zum Essen im Kühlschrank, dafür aber eine gute Lage (ca 10 Minuten zu Fuß zur Uni)mit wenig Lärm. ... read more

Firstly, a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my readers (see photo 1). A notable thing about my stay in Córdoba was something difficult to represent in a photograph; the temporary absence of police. One day at 17:00, the police went on strike. The local villains said “We couldn't possibly take advantage of this unfortunate situation; oh well, perhaps just this once.” There then followed a night of looting and vandalism. The fireworks I thought I heard in the evening turned out to be gunshots in the district adjoining the one the hostel was in. Evidently all the hostels were phoning each other to tell their guests not to go out in the evening. I was unaware of this and blissfully wandered back to the hostel after the start of the strike, ... read more

Back in Argentina again 7/4/13 Santiago to Buenos Aires to Cordoba Another early start as our flight was at 8.30am and we had to be there 2 hours beforehand. It only took 2 hours to get to Buenos Aires but as they wouldn’t check our bags right through to Cordoba we had to mess around collecting them and then trying to find somewhere we could leave them until our next flight at 6.30pm. We finally found out that the Information Desk could sort this and after filling in a form, waiting for a security guard who then led us through the airport to an xray machine, scanning the bags, then leading us further on and out to a tin hut in a car park where the bags were tagged and stored we were free of them. ... read more

Another week-end, and another venture out of Buenos Aires. I've jsut calculated it, we should have visited 15 at least of the 23 provinces of Argentina this year...not bad, and for sure more than most people leaving in Buenos Aires. So this week-end, we head for the dry Cordoba...except that when we arrived at 7am on the Saturday morning, it is raining in Cordoba...and that's not normal. The good news, by lunch time, the rain had disappeared. Cordoba is an interesting city, but nothing really amazing beside the Manazana Jesuitica. We arrived by 7am, and on the Sunday lunch time it was already back to head home on the 10 hours ride. What i love about Argentina is their huge collection of small...and pretty good museums. These cost may be max 2usd per adult, free for ... read more

Atsikėliau bivuoke apie 6 ryto, tuo metu mechanikai vis dar darbavosi prie Oscar bagio. Atsisveikinau su nemiegančiais ir iškeliavau ieškoti dakaro greičio ruožo. Daug maž žinojau kur jis turi vykti, bet tai dar nereiškia, kad man pavyks jį surasti. Sėdau į pirmą autobusą ir nuvažiavau link tos vietos. kelyje stovėjo daug žmonių kurie laukė atvažiuojančių lenktynininkų, bet pamatęs negreit važiuojančius motociklus supratau, kad tai tik pravažiuojamas ruožas, o specialus ruožas kažur toliau. Paklausinėjęs vietinių išsiaiškinau, kad už 2km greičio ruožo startas. Nuėjau iki starto, bet toliau eiti neleido kareiviai prižiūrintys saugumą. Vistik randau aplinkelį kuriuo pavyko apeiti tą apsaugą ir taip keliavau palei trasą apie 5 km kol suradau visai neblogą vietą iš kur matosi nemaža atkarpa bei keletas gražių posukių. Čia pažiūrėjau motociklus, bei automobilius. Diena labai karšta apie +30 p... read more