We went to Mendoza, Argentina this weekend! It was amazing, and yes, I´m happy to report that I did bring my passport. The busride was extremely long, but it was through the Andes. The mountains were stunning! Alex has some great pictures up on the website. So he was finally done with his pictures, and I forgot my memory card. So no photos of mine yet.
We stayed at a hostel at Argentina. Everyone there was really nice. There were people from Brazil, the U.S., Madrid, Australia, Germany...basically everywhere. Staying in a hostel was not my favorite idea, but it was cheap and rather fun. I didn´t like the idea of staying with people I didn´t know, but it was all okay. Although, my friend Jessica and I got eaten alive by mysterious bugs. I have no idea what they were, not mosquitos, but not fleas, but still disgusting. I showed my Chilean mom and she wasn´t too concerned. Jessica showed her Chilean mom, and her mom called our resident director and our professor and said we have the plague, or smallpox. Luckily it wasn´t either of those. A funny souvenir from Argentina.
We went to the Zoo in Mendoza, the largest in South America. It was definitely huge, but all the animals were in small cages, so it was depressing as well. Alex´s chilean mom told him he HAD to go the zoo because they have "osohormigueras." These are anteaters, but literally translated that means ANT BEARS. Haha. His mom said they had heads like ants and bodies like bears and were about his size. Stop for a minute and make a mental picture of it and you can´t stop laughing. Unfortunately we didn´t see any ant bears or anteaters. But, we did hear a story from someone about how the giraffes fell into the lion´s cage and were eaten. That also made us laugh.
After that we ate lots of great, cheap food. The people there are so nice, and Mendoza is a big city, but not nearly as big as Santiago. It was just really relaxed and fun. We came back on sunday night to the longest customs stop ever!! It was because I left my passport in Argentina.
hahaha just kidding. Well, hopefully soon I´ll have pictures up! We´re starting to make travel plans for Spring break! I really want to go to Patagonia!
Miss everyone! We are going to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar (a beach) this weekend. It´s going to be amazing!!!
Ciao until later!
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You are giving me ulcers... you and the passport. :):):) You are so funny. Once again, sorry I missed your call, I love you and miss you .
I just realized that you have posted pictures!! Those are great! Enjoy!
Great pics. Love the hat to, you wear it well. Hopefully, we'll talk soon.
Be safe, have fun.
Love you
I heard about your horrible adventure! I'm so glad you guys are ok! I'm praying for you!
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