Blogs from Tucumán, Argentina, South America - page 3

Wow the bus station here in Tucuman is huge! Like a shopping center, well it actually is. 12 hours in the bus relieved to be off it, there were a group of guys who sat around me one is my seatmate, annoying as hell, played music loudly and the guy sat next to me keeps changing seats, one time bumping his head on the tv , he never came back to his seat and I slept pretty well through the night. Thre was a bad smell in the bus that pervade for awhile, either i got used to it or it disappeared, I took the semi cama to save 7 US dollars, the upgrade was grand! Next time.. Took a taxi to La Posta de Viajero hostal. Paint peeling from the rooms, but its nice overall, ... read more

Coucou le peuple, internet de *¡¿'ç+, on se balade comme des fous, on profite a mort, promis, prochain blog sera plein de news. On pense fort a vous, bisous.... read more

Tucuman is actually a big city but you would never think that when you are there. We planned to stay four nights in the city but the hostel would only take us for two, this was not because they were booked up it was because you don't need any longer here than that. The hostel (Tucuman Hostel) was very simple but still a ok place to stay in. All the rooms have very tall doorways and open out on to an outdoor area, they are very very basic so do not be expecting much. So after two days we were ready for our next stop. We had heard that you can rent a car from Tucuman to Salta for approx 700 pesos. However as we could not estimate the exact amount of time we wanted for ... read more

After leaving Easter Island several days ago we have been constantly on the move catching planes and buses and living as gypsies on the road. We landed at Santiago in Chile in the evening and headed straight out to catch the airport bus to the omnibus terminal. Here we hoped to transfer to the next overnight bus over the Andes to Mendoza and on... So we hopped onto the bus with precision timing and departed within minutes of boarding. We placed ourselves down the back where there was plenty of room for our packs and sat back to relax before our expected rush to find a connection to Argentina. It was not long before we looked at each other and then at the other passengers as the bus launched over speed bus looking for air time ... read more

Ola, After a lively welcome dinner (muchos Pisco Sour, Vino Tinto & Cervaza) We finally got our bikes cleared Thursday afternoon and followed the truck with the container to a dusty yard where they were unloaded and we spent a couple of hours assembling them. We left there about 4pm for the 20 min trip back to Vina del Mar to collect the rest of our gear from the hotel. Unfornately due to unforseen teething problems (got lost & and a person who shall not be named ran out of petrol with no emergency condom for fuel transfer.....fortunately saved by another team member who refused to use his condom but had a plastic bag which did the trick) so it took us around an hour.After sorting our gear at the hotel we left around 6pm for ... read more