Che´s place!

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A 4 hour bus journey from BA and we arrive in the little city of Rosario, the place where Che Guevara was born! We arrive in our little hostel with a reggae bar attached to it and head out to find somewhere to eat! We find a nice little pizza place and end up making a sharp exit once we´ve paid the bill! The thing is when we got a taxi back to our hostel in BA on our last night, the driver cunningly swapped our 50 peso note with a fake one and try as we might we just couldn´t get rid of it! So our only option was to leave it as payment in a restaurant and make a hasty retreat - so thats just what we did!!

Next day we spend the map and go site seeing round Rosario! Take in just about everything, from the modern art museum to the beautiful cathedral and go strolling along the river. Perhaps most disappointing was Che Guevara´s house! Its shown on the map but when we get to the place there are no signs or anything to indicate that he was actually born here!! Its just a normal apartment like any other which is now a shop with someone living above it! Obviously they´re not that bothered about him!!

Back at the hostel all 10 inmates head to the reggae bar for the all you can eat and drink buffet, only it turns out that its not infact all you can eat and drink! They run out of meat and allow us only one bottle of wine between two! Talk about false advertising! So with a look of disgust we retreat to bed!!!

In the morning we check out and head to the bus station to buy our coach tickets to Iguazu that night. After getting a bus in the wrong direction and ending up in the ghetto we make it back to the hostel to retrieve our bags and then we´re on the move once again!!

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Comments

[Mum no 1]

Cheere you up
Hi Beth Just to cheer you up. Do you realise that you will be home in 3 weeks time? Make the most of your time left. Have fun xx

[Betty H]

Home time!
Cheers for that mum!

[The great wise one]

Know your north and south
Shame you went the wrong way on the bus, you had better take care when catching the plane or you might end up back in Chile, good for you with the dud note, what comes around goes around, I taxi drivers are in some instances the same the world over

[The Sage]

Hasty retreat
Sounds like the name of a convent, with the film "Nuns on the run " it sure seems you wore of the calories when you finished your meal--was the meal nice ? Expect you didn't leave a tip.

[Muppet No2]

Book deal.
Hey Muppet, just been catching up on your latest and greatest adventures..sounds like your having the time of your life...you shouldwrite a book when you get back :-) (after buying me a beer!)

[White Whale]

Here we go
Still sounds like you are enjoying the experience --good luck --take care

[Betty H]

Muppet
awww nice to know you´ve been reading about my adventures - even if you are a muppet!! You´ve got to buy the welcome home beers first!!

[Mother number 2]

Fiddling taxi drivers
Hope someone passes a few dud notes to that taxi driver but good for you getting rid of it (hope the bar man doesn't recognise you again!!) Poor show that Che Guevara's place was not made more of. As you say they are obviously not too bothered about him. Hope your sense of direction isn't deteriorating (perhaps you are a little disorientated visiting all these countries etc) and you can find your way home. Or try clicking the heels of those red shoes whilst saying "there's no place like home" and suddenly there you are - home (remember Wizard of Oz). Won't be long now. Enjoy the rest of your journey. J xxx

[Trailblazer]

Nuts and more nuts
Guess you are now in the home of the Brazils, interesting to see if you can find any Brazil nuts, don't mean the people. Is it carnival time there, it always seems to be, music, dancing, drinking, eating, party time ? Hope you are enjoying it all--good luck