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In Cafayate.. a beautiful little town in North Argentina. Sun is shinning today!!!
So the Bus to BA was fun.. started well with free tea an dcoffee.. and then a film.. but the conductor stopped the film HALF WAY through to play Bingo in Spanish! A local girl called Joanna came an dhlped me with the high number, and it was a lot of fun..! The chap opposite me won, and got a bottle of wine to have with dinner.. and then they put the film back on! Umm! So dinner was good, and then there was another film, and I slept a bit and woke up 7am and the conductor was shoutign somethign in Spanis.. See my Spanish is ok, but terrible when I ahve just woken up and when someone is talkign fats.. but turns out the bus had broken down! So we all stumbled off to find two new busus waitign near by.. so either I had been aslppe whilst we stopped or two buses AndesMar were following us! So the problem now was which bus...! As both were for BA but different stops within the city.. Everyone very helpful and I got on the right
bus to BA and the Retino bus station.
There followed a dvd of the most bizare music videos.... 80s love ballards, and lots of songs liek feed the world.. I thought it was a unicef advert.. and the conductor comes along and skips 50 tracks to put his fave song on.. oh dear.. but fun! Beats a UK bus company I know!
Got radio taxi to hpostel as taxis very cheap here, but he still tird to rip me off.. apparently 'Mendozan money' doesn't cont n BA.. Yeah right.. so he wanted to take me wallet to check all the money I had.. I don't think so!! So just told hime he could take this note which even included a tip for him, or nothing at all, so he said he supposed he could take it..!!! Nice elcoem to the city!
BEWARE of taxis!!
Hostel Obelsico, a HI, was reat, very central, cheap, lack of bathrooms again, one per 18 is not good, but nice bed and lockers,a nd pool, tv lounges etc. Went to see the atlantic.. well really the port bit that leads to atlantic! And cooked dinner with a girl in my room. Wne out to a bar with soem hostel people.. much like a UK bar really but we left the hostel at 1pm.. and got back at 3am which is EARLY for here!!
Next day I moved round the orner to start my Gap Adventure tour. Had meeting in the evenign so free day to explore BA. Went to see their opera house.. was an old Evita building she used to feed the poor, and soemone put sails on top of it like Sydney. Saw the Casa Rosada, the balcony Evita spoke from, enjoyed wlakign around the city which is like European NY. In the evening met the other 7 peopel on the tour, 65 girls in their 20s and an older couple who are very cool, and the guide who is a bit of a muppet,but hey ho!! Went out for dinner that evenign to Puerto M.. place by the port...
Sunday went to the San Telmo markets whihc were massive, so much going on, street artists, amazing stalls. Then headed to Recoleta, where I will stay for 4 week from 19th, and saw Evita grave, feliz cumpleanos for 7 May, so was good to see it then.
Night bus to Salta, and arrived 5pm on Monday. Lovely simple hotel.. like someone's house! Very cold here, 7 degrees!
Tuesday went in minibus to Salt lakes, and Pukasomething or other... "! A beuatiful village with many lovely woollen jumpers etc. Did wlak in forrest, and saw lots of rocks and mountians of many colours. In the evening went to Van Gough cafe on main square for food, which was my first healthy meal in ages.
Wednesday I went horseriding.. Very scary!!!!! Was just a trek.. but we went up a huge hill, mountian in he jungle typ thing.. in San Lorenza.. and was muddy, rainign, horses were good but still stumbled a bit.. and anyhow we got to the top, and was very very steep!!! So I wanted to ot fall off. so I asked to wlak a bit (also bear in mind I don't know horse Spanish!!). So I did and the toruble was everyone else, incluidn 3 from the tour could hrseride.. it was not a beginners trek really.. but I think when peopel can do soemhting they are very dismissive of someone who can't and really hey shoudl be very ncie.. but weren't really.. so I hope that next tem I can do soemhign and soemone I am with can't then I will be compasioante and helpfull!!! Anyhow I did make it doen the rest of the hill on my horse in one piece!!! After went swimming in a marque which as heated.. very steamy and weird, but great to do exercise!!! That ngiht we all cooked in the hotel, and had some good wine!
Today, Thurs, we went to Cafayate where I am for two nights. Stopped at many beautiful sights, like a canyon, dam, ampitheatre naturally made, and so on. Cafayate is a beautiful little palce, with wineries, mountains in the distance. and it is warm today!!!
Lots of love to all,
Mich
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PS soz for appalling spelling!!
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Stay away in the warm sun as long as you can - it has hardly stopped raining since I got back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mjp