Blogs from San Martín de Los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina, South America - page 4

Well, I know it took me a long time again to write this blog-entry and I'm already almost half a year behind, but ... there are just too many better things to do, than sit in an Internet-cafe and write blog-entries ... and as I didn't get complaints, I don't feel too motivated, to change this :-) So I continued my journey on Wednesday the 25th of March in the morning and crossed from Chile to Argentina again. In the bus we got coffee in glass-cups, that was some kind of strange :-) Villa la Angostura is nice, but very touristic, so I decided to "just" have a look at it and continue the same day to San Martin de Los Andes. We arrived at an time, where the most restaurants already closed for Siesta, so ... read more

So after 2 weeks of soaking up the deep blue lakes of Bariloche, I am off to Mendoza. My second week was highlighted by the fact that I switched language schools: I spent the week at a school called La Montana, which was very organized and also ran activities in the afternoons. It was a relief to have a schedule and to be around other students. Classes were Monday to Friday from 9 - 1, and by the end of the week, although it still felt like a struggle to communicated, I noticed that I was understanding the general gist of just about everything that was said to me - even by Juan (at home) who had a very thick accent. Last Sunday I hiked up the Cerro Lopez with a friend from Calgary (another Spanish ... read more

So here I am in San Carlos de Bariloche (apparently this town is not an option on this blog so I chose San Martin de Los Angeles, the next closest town!) in the heart of Argentina´s Lake District. I will probably be here for 2 weeks studying Spanish at a school called "Spanish in the Mountains" and staying in a family homestay situation. It took me 23 hours to get here on the bus!!!!!!!!!! I rode in a "semi-cama" seat which means that the seat reclines halfway back, and there is a foot rest. But believe me, after 23 hours it ain´t no picnic. I am now frantically trying to reconsider the rest of my travel plans in order to avoid similarly long bus rides. But there are such great distances in Argentina, I think I ... read more

14th January, Pucon y San Martin, Argentina We got a 6 hour bus to the lake district of Argentina.. We have to be in Buenos Aires for the spanish classes starting soon, so we thought we´d have a few days in the lake district 1st. While waiting for the coach, i needed the loo, so had to run back to the hostel (i coudnt use the one at the bus station as jake had spent the last of our money on bloody pastries!).. back at the hostel, the owner called over to me, i thought he was going to start questioning me about using the loo after we´d checked out, but much to my embarrassment he walked me over to a pile of washing, which was obviously from our room, on top of the towels, he ... read more

Bonne et heureuse annee 2009 a tous!! Apres un 22h de bus tres confortable d'ailleur, avec 3 repas servis a bord, des films et de beaux paysages, on a pas de quoi s'ennuyer.. nous voici a San Martin de Los Andes depuis le 31 decembre. Nous avons donc "souligner" la nouvelle annee avec un bon repas au restaurent de notre camping. A minuit, nous nous attendions a un minimum d'action, mais ce fut en vain! Nous avons donc conclus que les Argentins ne fetait pas vraiment le jour de l'an... Ce n'est q'une heure plus tard que le camping s'est soudainement anime :feux dartifice, cries, etc... Doh!! .. nous avons compris qu'il y avait 1 heure de decalage entre Buenos Aires et San Martin, probablement du a l'heure de l'ete! Alors ce fut plutot comique. Le ... read more