Well, way too much stuff has happened since I last posted, so I´m going to have to do this bullet style again. Here are the high and lowlights, in more or less chronological order:
-finding out that the long distance bus service in argentina is awesome. we sat in huge fully reclining lazy boys, played bingo, watched movies, read and slept for 14 hours. not all at the same time.
-finding our next hostel to be much, much cleaner and friendlier and better than the last. perhaps a little too much better...
-going on a wine tour in the bodegas around Mendoza. on bikes. on a beautiful day. we biked around, sampled wines, learned how they were made, and chatted with other gringo tourists.
-getting back to the hostel and feeling really sick, then continuing to feel sick for the following week.
-finding out that my passport, debit card, drivers license, and $500 pesos had been stolen. silly me.
-getting antibiotics at a hospital after many failed attempts with cheap 20 year old doctors
-getting better and hiking in cordón del plata for two days
-taking a 14 hour trip to buenos aires, ordering a new passport, then taking a 25 hour trip across the country to el bolson. neither was in the large lazy boys we enjoyed the first trip, but I made it!
-enjoying a true argentine barbaque (asado) on a chilly first evening at my new farm
-meeting all the friends of my hosts who live in neighboring farms at child´s birthday party. León had turned three, and we all made him some toys with old cans, sticks and string. I made him a fine bow and arrow. pretty magnificent work I dare say.
-discovering that the most delicious thing I know of in existence, chocolate wafers covered in homemade whipped cream and softened in a fridge, is actually only part of the most delicious thing in existence, which is that plus a cream mixture of dulce de leche and cream cheese.
-spending the next night chanting old Indian songs and playing awesome strange Indian instruments. very hippie, but very new and fun.
-helping to build a mudhouse, then learning how to brew, filter and bottle beer
-updating this blog for the wild one
woo! that´s all i can do for now. definitely more interesting things to say, but I have to scatter.
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