Blogs from Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 12

Geo: -31.4, -64.5167We hadn't done anything fun for days and were sick of ourselves. So when the taxi came we asked him what any stupid foreigner would: Is there a golf course around here?What's the guy gonna say? Yea, there's one just around the corner? Not when he can take us to one waaaaaay out in the boonies. It was beautiful--Nicklaus designed--but after driving 50 miles it's-- what else?--closed. So now what do we do? We already owe this guy an arm and a leg for getting us out this far. Do we have him take us back into town and forget the golf, or do we drive another 10 km (he claims) to a different course and then take a bus back to town because we'll be too broke to hire another taxi? Oh yes, ... read more

Geo: -31.4, -64.5167Don't eat at the restaurant Ambrogioff in Carlos Paz. It's beautiful with a lovely view, but it's overpriced and has lousy food. My grilled chicken was not edible--dry and stringy on a bed of mushy overcooked vegetables. It was just before quiting for siesta and this was obviously something left warming in the oven a couple hours too long. So they carried it away and asked if I wanted to order something else.OK. I ordered raviolis with four cheese sauce. Even under a heat lamp I figured it'd be okay.It came to me with thick gooey white slop over some wrinkled noodles microwaved dry and tough where they weren't embedded.Story is, we ended up paying for all three entres. Bob had okay pork chops. We even paid extra for the butter for Bob's bread ... read more

coucou à tous, Et bien voilà après un petit temps sans nouvelles voilà de nouveau des photos et tout et tout. Après avoir traversé la rivière pour passer de la Bolivie'en Argentine, nous sommes arrivés à Aguas Blancas et nous y avons pris le bus direction Salta. Malheureusement il n´y a pas de photos de Salta car notre batterie était totalement plate!!! Donc je commence le récit depuis Cordoba, ville estudiantine d´Argentine où il faisiat au bameau 40degrés à l´ombre et en plus des coupures d´électricité, donc plus d´airco, nous avons donc fuit cette fournaise pour nous dirigés vers Capilla del Monte où se déroulait un festival. Notre équipe, càd Ronan, Elodie, Thomas, Mika, Jon et moi sommes arrivés dans ce lieu magique entouré de montagnes, perdus au milieu de rien. Nous y avons passés 4 ... read more

We arrived in Cordoba on the morning of the 25th via the 11.5 hour overnight bus. The bus ride was good, clean and actually left on time. We were happy to have booked our tickets in advance so were able to get the panoramic seats in the front and therefore did not have anyone reclining on us. We were also nicely situated far away from the toilet which is always a luxury! (Recommendation: Flecha Bus). We were booked into ´Cordoba Hostel´ prior to our arrival and happy that our reservation was secured. Our room was nice with a private bathroom and balcony over-looking the courtyard and pool (which is amazingly smaller than the photograph on the website depicts). The room was a little pricey at AR.100/2ppl/night (Argentinian Pesos: USD = approx. 1: 3.8). We have begun ... read more

Cordobese Amigos After our overnight bus to Cordoba, which was not Royal Suite, and not as comfortable as our ride to Mendoza, we arrived first thing in the morning to Cordoba. Our initial plans were to stay as long as possible in Mendoza before heading back to Buenos Aires for our flight to the Northern Hemisphere. Instead, we returned to Cordoba to see our new friends, Jenny and Lucas. In total, our Argentine adventure included Buenos Aires to Cordoba to Mendoza and eventually back to Mendoza to Cordoba to Buenos Aires. We certainly were not original in our itinerary, but thought we would use the opportunity to spend some more time with all of our new South American friends. Thankfully Lucas does not drink and Jenny does not drink much, so what we knew we ... read more