It turns out the weekend we arrived in cordoba was an argentinian holiday, so on the Sunday and Monday it was quite busy in the town but with none of the shops open, on the Monday in the main road through the city a stage was setup and a "famous" Argentinian band performed for free in a folky style concert, but only after some expressive dancers had warmed the crowd up.
Whilst in cordoba we visited a number of museums, explored the city, and spent some time doing nothing in the park! Oh and went for all you can eat yum! We also found orange flavoured smirnoff and drank it with fanta grapefruit liltalicious!
On one occasion we took a bus to a small town in the sierras with the prospect of visiting che Guevara's childhood home! When we arrived we found a sorry for itself tribute to the rascal and rebel, the house he lived in for all of 5 years and the museum was a few reproductions of family pictures and a few maps! The only plus was a real life autograph from Hugo chaves and fidel Castro!
From cordoba we travelled to villa Carlos Paz! A small town dubbed the las Vegas of Argentina, the only thing I can see in common with las Vegas is it has more than one casino and sells loads of home made t-shirts! oh and a giant cuckoo clock! In Carlos Paz we did manage to hike up a small "mountain" and got some impressive views over the whole town. And we had ice cream, 2 waffle cones 5 scoops of ice cream came to less than £2!
Currently on the top deck front seats of a bus to Mendoza, great view of the setting sun, and a good way to spot the emerging nights stars! A few close encounters involving scooters not moving quick enough and the bus almost giving them a helping hand! The road we have taken so far is similar to the snake pass, lots of twists and turns through the sierras! There's a Brazilian film on the tv spoken in Portuguese and Spanish subtitles, makes for interesting viewing (2 filhos de Francisco if you are interested)
One thing makes this bus journey different! The buses are usually freezing but tonight both of us are radiating heat due to the sun burn attained today walking near the lake in Carlos Paz!
Well 9 hours or so till we arrive in Mendoza, wine country of Argentina woop woop!
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