Blogs from Argentina, South America - page 1146

Well I've just moved into a new apartment with a friend who's boyfriend has just gone back to the states and can't afford the rent at the moment, so I'll probably stay with her for the last couple of weeks that I've got here in Córdoba before I shoot off to Chile. Other then then that no real big news, I'm finally making some good progress with my spanish though which is great, I've still a lot to learn but atleast now I can have a reasonably understandable conversation about most everyday stuff so big ups to my new "profi" Lorena! :) On the weekend I went on a quick roadtrip with my friend Fabricio who was going to visit his family who live in the "wine capital" of Argentina, a city called Mendoza, it was great. Didn't get to see much of the city because ... read more

Well I've finaly found somewhere to live, it's in an apartment with a really little lady called Andrea(who looks like she belongs on the West Coast of the South Island - hardout alternative :) who works at night at a hotel and doesn't speak a work of english, and we've got a big as terrace on the roof with a great view of the city and my room is pretty big too so I'm stoaked. And it's only going to cost me about $150 for the month or so I'm going to live there so that's all good - it's only a 20min walk to the centre of town and... I found a Salsa dance school a few blocks away frommy house so will prob take a few lessons while I've got some time. yeeehhhaaaaaaa!    ... read more

Well I've completed that 20hr Spanish course and I don't think I learn't anything. My best days are definately past me as I think sitting in a classroom at a desk hasn't got any easier for me. I'm loving Cordoba though, the weather is great all the time and the people here are generally really nice. They all think I'm a bit strange though because it's suposed to be the middle of they're winter, so they're all wearing full on jackets and scarfs and stuff and then there's me standing about a foot taller then everyone in my shorts and Jandals. Good old New Zealand climate aye... Well the other night me and a couple of others from the hostel cooked up a mean as "Asado", which in simple is a BBQ, but it's massive, with ... read more

Well after getting back from waving Silvia and Dany off at the airport on thursday afternoon, Romy the girl with the van, was ready to leave right away so me and Mike quickly packed up all our stuff, said our goodbyes to everyone at the hostel and got on the road. It was sad to drive away from Ushuaia, I'd had such a great time there with all those great people, but I couldn't really pass up an opportunity like this. Romy turned out to be real cool too, and she didn't speak english either so it was fun practicing my feeble spanish with her. We drove pretty much non-stop for 30hrs and had no trouble apart from the having to stop for a couple of hours in a pokey little town to get the air-conditioning ... read more

Well for the last few days I've been up in a little town called El Chalten with a German guy and a couple of Australian girls I met while back in the Torres Del Paine National park over in Chile. They were so cool, we camped for two night and hiked about 4 or 5 hours for the three days we were there. Me and Mike were in charge of putting up the tents and fighting of the mice, while the girls cooked us up mean feeds and pointed at mice for us to throw stuff at. It worked well. The trip up there from El Calafaté was a drag, 5hrs on a less then adequate bus on dodgey gravel roads. Most of the buses here are pretty worn out and your lucky if it doesn't ... read more