Blogs from Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 5

Cordoba is like New York (Id imagine - and ive heard from other travelers)... crazy amounts of shopping in densely filled streets, loads of cafes, traffic jams with loud and obnoxious cars and even a huge shopping district where cars cant pass through. We walked these streets every day, always ending up somehow extremely far from our hostels. Suzan, Bastiaan and I walked to find Tango hostel which was to have a "Lonely Planet" recommended agency that we would inquire about SKY DIVING. The prices were good and I had people to go with - I figured Id do it once in my life but I didnt know when. It felt right! (While at the same time hoping I didnt die). We booked for the 3 of us as we hadnt heard an arrival time ... read more

We headed wast. Towards the mountains, through fields and farmland. We spent the day driving through Western NSW – or its doppelganger at least. Stands of gum trees as windbreaks, flat fields, grain silos, farmers in trucks, billboards advertising tractors and agrochemicals....only the billboards were in Spanish and the utes were on the wrong side of the road. But looking out the window as the sun set, the reddish glow of the dying sun flickering through the roadside stands of gum trees, one could have been forgiven. Once in Córdoba we made our way to the Hostel Aldea. Not too bad, a bit big with plenty of backpackers types. It was a bit odd, and a little out of the centre. At one stage in its life it was either a school or a mental asylum ... read more

A week in Argentina and it hasn’t lived up to my expectations…yet. I’ve been to 3 cities in the North and they’ve all been kind of disappointing. I started in Salta by dropping my camera down the toilet, so that is now broken, but it didn’t make too much difference to my time there as there’s not much to see anyway. Then we went to Mendoza where there are hundreds of vineyards, which we toured by bike. This was fun, but for a girl who doesn’t like red wine I was kind of limited as it's pretty much red or nothing. At the moment we’re in Cordoba, the second biggest city in the country. I’m happy to finally be somewhere with more than one lane of traffic, interesting sights and cosmopolitan feel, but it’s still not ... read more

After the cabalgada yesterday, I needed a relaxed day in the city. First I visited the museo de la memoria, which is about the people that were killed during the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (70s/80s) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Perla_(centro_de_detenci%C3%B3n) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War). Unfortunately, some of the museums here aren't very informative and I didn't learn a lot about what happened and why. However, the museum is in the building where the people were jailed and tortured and one could somehow feel that very nasty things happened there. The museo histórico provincial Marqués de Sobremonte shows the life style of upper class Cordobeses in the 18th/19th century. Unfortunately, photographs aren't allowed. The only cool places at the moment in the city: shopping centers, museums, and cine... read more

Hallo Allemaal, Na ongeveer 3 maanden rondreizen ben ik weer aanbeland in Buenos Aires en doe ik weer even een kleine update Salta, helemaal in het noordwesten is een van de mooiste steden van Argentinië wat betreft koloniale architectuur. ook een mooi groene omgeving. Daar een dag of 2 besteed aan gebouwtjes bekijken en meer van dat soort dingen. Daarna doorgegaan naar Cafayate, een klein stadje een paar uur ten zuiden van Salta. Daar heb je kwa natuur en wijn denk ik de beste combinatie van wat argentinie te bieden heeft. Samen met Tom en Andrew heb ik daar een wijntour gedaan. De dag erna een excursie naar de rotsformaties daar in de buurt. Das was erg geslaagd. Vanuit daar dooer naar Mendoza, helaas kon dat niet in een keer en moest ik eerst naar Tucuman ... read more