Blogs from Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 4

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

Geo: -31.4053, -64.1804Once a trip, maybe once a lifetime, you get an Osvaldo in your life.Osvaldo's job was to teach us Spanish here in Cordoba and in doing that he became the kind of friend you might spend years developing. He found us very reasonable lodgings and the first day of class even met us at our apt and rode the bus to his house with us so we'd know how to do it.When Bob broke a tooth Osvaldo called his own dentist and begged an apt for him and then took him there and sat with him the whole time to translate.When our apt was so hot we couldn't sleep he arranged for Luli to bring us a fan and after we mentioned we were getting tired of cold showers because the water heater kept ... read more

Geo: -31.4053, -64.1804Cordoba is a young person's city, a university town with a high rate of graduates and a low median age of citizens. Cordoba, established in 1500-something had a university and a municipal swimming pool 200 years before Lewis & Clark were loading the canoe. And in the beginning it was part of Peru, but then that's another chapter entirely.Anyway, it's young and fun, but still has lots to offer us older folks. We loved the pedestrian areas and walked them often on our way to Plaza San Martín, the main downtown plaza. Our favorite though was a late afternoon saunter along the little creek that runs through the city. It's leafy and green and calm. They call it La Cañada, the canyon. I like to call it La Cañanita--the little creek that gurgles happily ... read more