Mendoza and Rosario

Arrived Rosario in the morning, left my backpack at the terminal and grabbed a bus downtown. Rosario has about one million inhabitants, and is famous for being Che's hometown. Apart from that it is economically very important for the country.

Didn't get to see too much of the city. Half my day disappeared in buying a small camera (christmas present from my parents) and finding a place to send my big camera back to Norway. Have hardly deared taking pictures here, and as Argentina is the safest (and richest) country I'll be travelling through, it felt good to get rid of the 3.5 kilos drawing attention from potential thieves.

Walked a bit sround in the city. A nice thing is that in the main street, it's free, open wifi. The weather was very nice, therefore I decided to go to a park to read some before returning to the terminal. My bus was leaving at 23:30. Barely got to the parks outskirts before I started looking for a bus. The mosquitoes were doing their best to eat me alive (you should be here Merete! Now they are eating me instead).

Another night at a bus, next to a very nice Uruguayan lady that really had the urge to talk. Learned a lot about both Uruguay an Mendoza, where she had lived the past twenty years. And where she has two pretty grand daughters (yes they were pretty, had to see the photos she had in her purse).

Finally at the hostel and ready for some sleep in a bed, they coudnt't find my reservation. Took an hour before I got a bed. Heading for the shower, opening the bag from the laundry, I discovered that my clean clothes was not mine. A wonderful day! Didnt't manage to sleep either, so went out for some food and new underwear.

Had a headache the entire day, which got more imtense in the evening accompanied with a running nose. The hostel seemed as a bit of a party place, so I found another one with a private room where I went in the night. Heaven to have a private room and a private bathroom!

Mendoza is famous for it's wineries. I don't exactly hate wine, so saturday I had booked a tour around the wineries. It could have been wonderful! If I just had felt better. Back at the hostel I went to the supermarket to buy food, and then I've stayed in bed since.

But if you want adventures, wine or great parties, Mendoza would be the perfect place to stay. As for being sick, I would prefer to be home. Today I'm a bit better, and right now in the Andes, my next stop Santiago de Chile. Probanly should have stayed one more day in bed, but booked my ticket on friday, so had to go. Hopefully I will be even better tomorrow, so that I can explore some of the city.


-- Posted from my iPod
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