Receiving very little sleep from the night before, I decided to get ready for the day. There were a few people in my room, and one of them reminded me of a girl from back home that I went to elementary and middle school with. We also happened to go to th same college, but lost touch. It was kind of weird to see someone that looked so much like her, but it wasn't her. Since we had the same plans for the day, she asked me if she could head out with me and I said, "Sure, why not?" We [View Full Entry]

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I woke up the next morning trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I didn't get my act together the night before to sign up for any tours or to try and figure out if I wanted to rent a car. That morning, I decided to do the tours instead of getting a car. The receptionist was very nice, and we spoke Spanish as I was trying to figure things out. So I extended my day in Salta for three more nights, and decided see as much of Salta as I could. Considering that I did that with Mendoza, [View Full Entry]

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Dag 37. I dag ble vi vekket av vekkerklokke etter en vidunderlig natt paa hotellet - nydelig madrass, vidunderlige myke puter, rent sengetoy og fluffy herlige haandklaer paa eget bad. Idag hadde vi bestemt oss for aa ta gondolbanen til toppen av fjellet, uansett hvor lang ko det maatte vaere. Vi gikk forst tilbake til hostellet med tingene vaare. Der ble vi mottatt av Alexandria som jobber der, med beskjed om at vi i lopet av dagen kunne bytte rom igjen - tilbake til det forste vi hadde. Med eget bad - som vi kun betaler 8 NOK ekstra for pr.natt. [View Full Entry]

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Stop worrying people! I'm fine! I am, once again, functioning off of maybe six hours of sleep in the past three days. This is not good. I'm going to write about my bus trip and then head to bed after a hot shower. Today was so awesome, you're going to love reading about it. The title of it will be: How a city girl treks through Gargantua del Diablo in street clothes off of 20 minutes of sleep at lightning warp speed. Not even kidding! So my bus ride to Salta left at 8:30. But it didn't really leave until 9. [View Full Entry]

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Dag 36 Vi sto opp i 9-tiden, og begynte aa pakke det vi skulle ha med til San Lorenzo. Etterpaa gikk vi ut og praiet en taxi rett utenfor hostellet. Taxien hadde sett sine beste dager - alt av stotdempere og fjaerer var totalt utslitt. I tillegg var den nesten tom for bensin, saa vi hadde en “pitstopp” paa en bensinstasjon paa veien. Takstameteret gikk selvfolgelig da ogsaa. Da vi naermet oss, spurte han hvor i San Lorenzo han skulle sette oss av - og vi endte med aa bli satt av paa stedets turistattraksjon, elven. For tiden kan man med [View Full Entry]

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Thursday night was a bit of a mad one to say the least. As my niece, Antonella is heading back to Cordoba on Saturday as that's where she studys, we decided it was a good excuse to have a Bar-B-Q at our house for the youngsters. (i.e. all of my nieces and nephews and their significant other halves). So after I finished a few hours of private tuition at the house I started running around getting everything prepared before the boys came home to light the fire. Setting the table, pulling extra chairs out from the house, making salads, preparing snacks. [View Full Entry]

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Dag 30-35. Sondag maatte vi bytte rom - igjen! Det begynner faktisk aa bli ganske irriterende aa maatte vike plass for andre gjester som bare skal vaere et par dager. Det positive er at det nye rommet var bedre "ventilert", og at madrassene var forholdsvis nye. Skoleuken begynte daarlig - iallefall for Janes vedkommende. Hun hadde vaert forkjolet siden onsdag, og fant ut at det var best aa snakke med lege for aa om mulig bli fortere frisk. Hostellet hadde forsikret seg, slik at det var gratis med lege for gjestene - saa Jane forklarte at hun var forkjolet og ba [View Full Entry]

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Endelig, etter mye strev, har vi klart aa skaffe oss mobilnummer her i Salta. Husk at det dyrt aa ringe fra Norge til Salta - OG at det er 5 timers tidsdifferanse (dere trekker fra 5 timer paa norsk tid). Vi setter veldig stor pris paa SMS Nummeret er: +54 387 5130 146 De neste ukene har vi undervisning fra 13-17, dvs 18-22 norsk tid. [View Full Entry]

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Tirsdag d. 15 Juli: Fra Salta til Iguazu Afgang med bus kl 11.30. Vi har valgt en bus med Cama (det vil sige mere plads, da turen er på omkring 26 timer!!!! Det vil sige, at Nikolaj desværre ikke fik carma før den allersidste del af turen, da der ikke var flere pladser. [View Full Entry]

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So, it's a fact. I'm now officially 30 years old. I must admit that up until now I'm feeling good. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm currently hauled up in a 4 star lake side hotel with just the sounds of birds and lapping water for company. Oh... and Sergio of course!! So let's go back a few days to the BIG event and start from there..... Friday 11th July was a typical working day for me. It marked the last day of term before the schools broke up for winter holidays, and not only that. [View Full Entry]

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