Surprise visit to Argentina
I´ve decided that for safety sake I am not going to Bolivia so have popped into Argentina for 3 days to wait for a parcel and will be visiting the north of Argentina now aswell.
First stop Mendoza over a gorgeous drive over the Andes, again in a all local mini-bus and being asked by three Argentinian men on the border into argentina to compete for their love - none of them won...I was too knackered.
Mendoza, a lovely laid back relaxed town with a spanish feeling to it. Laid out on a grid system, with lots of parks, trees and surrounded by vineyards... oh it also contains a delicious chocolate factory (that was a surprise ended to our ´wine tour´ that we bought:) I wasn´t complaining.
Buenos Aires, a lovely city with a European feeling to it. A mixture of Paris, Munich, Barcelona and London all rolled into one. Very manageable, cheap and lots of party atmosphere.
I met up again with Mariano (from the Villarica Volcano) and had a guided night visit after waiting on a street corner for 1 hr. Lovely guy in both ways. The next day whilst he did a 10k run I went off to watch the local equivalent of a Chelsea v Arsenal match, La Boca verus Independiente at Independiente´s grounds. Colourful, noisy and good fun. English hooligans are tame compared to this lot. According to the Argentinians around us Argentina´s football is not very good at the moment and England are way better. Never thought I´d hear that.
Iguazu Falls - shorter but far wider and impressive than other falls
Salta and around - Cafayte and north of Salta provided great mountain scenery with multiple colours in the rock face, as well as a nice place to chill and buy souvenirs.
First stop Mendoza over a gorgeous drive over the Andes, again in a all local mini-bus and being asked by three Argentinian men on the border into argentina to compete for their love - none of them won...I was too knackered.
Mendoza, a lovely laid back relaxed town with a spanish feeling to it. Laid out on a grid system, with lots of parks, trees and surrounded by vineyards... oh it also contains a delicious chocolate factory (that was a surprise ended to our ´wine tour´ that we bought:) I wasn´t complaining.
Buenos Aires, a lovely city with a European feeling to it. A mixture of Paris, Munich, Barcelona and London all rolled into one. Very manageable, cheap and lots of party atmosphere.
I met up again with Mariano (from the Villarica Volcano) and had a guided night visit after waiting on a street corner for 1 hr. Lovely guy in both ways. The next day whilst he did a 10k run I went off to watch the local equivalent of a Chelsea v Arsenal match, La Boca verus Independiente at Independiente´s grounds. Colourful, noisy and good fun. English hooligans are tame compared to this lot. According to the Argentinians around us Argentina´s football is not very good at the moment and England are way better. Never thought I´d hear that.
Iguazu Falls - shorter but far wider and impressive than other falls
Salta and around - Cafayte and north of Salta provided great mountain scenery with multiple colours in the rock face, as well as a nice place to chill and buy souvenirs.
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