Blogs from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, South America - page 9

WEEK 20 - RETURN TO BUENOS AIRES My last long journey from Puerto Iguazu to Rosario was on a Rio Uruguay bus. There were only 9 of us for the first 10 hours - and it was quite a party. My only two Scottish encounters of the trip had a flask of gaelic coffee which set the scene. These buses run continuously - only stopping briefly for passenger pick up and set down. All meals, coffee and water are provided - but this time the meals were excellent. Hot chicken and vegetable rice, ham and cheese, fresh bread, coca cola and creme caramel! The second half of the journey was busier with two longer stops while police checked identity cards, passports and the luggage. Invoices have to be produced for all new goods and they ... read more

We fancied going to see what little sights Rosario had to offer today. There really isn´t all that much to do here, and the tourist info maps list a couple of museums and some monuments as the main attractions. The main monument by the river is pretty impressive, so we decided we´d take a look, and discovered you can go to the top! The view from the top was alright, but your exactly at the same height as the skyline of the city, so all you can see is mostly the tops of other surrounding buildings. Don´t really know what the monument is for, or what it´s called, but it´s pretty big anyway. One of the more interesting facts about Rosario is that it was the birth place of Che Guevara. The map said there ... read more

The coach was 3 hours late, so we got to Rosario station at 10 o´clock after a gruelling 16 hours on the coach non stop. Anna found it very hard to get to sleep, and because she can´t read whilst in a moving vehicle, it was a bit of a long journey for her. Fortunately I slept like a baby making the journey quite quick, so, every cloud. Arrived at our hostel which was great. The room is a 4 person dorm which we have to ourselves, and the staff seem very friendly. There is a cool bar which opens up onto the street, and it´s used by the general public as well as the dirty travellers. Had a walk into town, or at least we thought we would. Anna left me in charge of ... read more

Hcello Hcello Hcello. Well, I´ve been absent for a little while in my blogging land. Drifting around in reality, and email but i´ve dropped back in. Just to let you know what has happened in the last 2 months, or so, with the tales of Villa Carlos Paz. For those of you who don´t know I´ve changed host families and towns. Its amazing how much a host family can affect your exchange especially in the first few months, and the last 2 weeks have been a lot of fun. As you will all read in my next entry cause my new family is awesome. For those of you who are what i would describe as an anal user of the english language and are infurirated with my use of the word awesome, it is in ... read more

Tuesday morning around 4:00 am we arrived in Rosario safe and sound. The bus trip with Tac bus from Cordoba was a a bumpy ride and the bus seemed to fall apart any minute. If you can use a different compnay, please do so! Then we settled into a nice and old hotel - yes, we finally lost the ´s´ and upgraded from hostel to hotel. Rosario itself, is dominated by the River Parana, which carries very brown water and the unspoilt delta islands. We visited the beaches on the island and on the mainland, but the water was too brown to swim for us! Although the Argentines didn´t mind that and had a good time on the beach. Hence, we spent most of our time to try Rosario´s restaurants, bars and coffee houses. Here, we ... read more