Saturday 24 November 2007

Leaving the 3rd world behind...a weird feeling...

In Argentina after spending 23 crazy days in Bolivia, definately up there with one of the most disorganised countries I've ever been to. All the roads are either dirt, falling apart or so narrow that hardly one vehicle can head down it...but it's a strange feeling when you come back to normality after Bolivia. We arrived yesterday in Salta at 7.30pm, after catching the bus from Tupiza at 4.30am. The bus journey was only meant to be about 10 hours..but after the change of bus at the border, the border check, and catching the bus from the first town in Argie, we somehow ended up stretching the trip, and after tearing it up in Tupiza...and not getting any sleep, it wasn't the ideal senario.
We somehow managed to venture out and make it to a restaurant, needed to have a decent meal after those 23 days...had some good food in Bolivia (and plenty of shit as well!), but the steak last night was amazing.
Today was a day where you know it's not always great travelling with another 9 people. We basically took a whole day cruising around, and not getting much done. We managed to befriend a stray dog who ended up following us around for a good 2 hours, and then he finally left us when we had some food for him, much to our disappointment. I'm off to Mendoza tomorrow with a few of the guys, got another big bus journey ahead, but in Argentian comfort!

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