Cordoba

Cordoba, Argentina

 

Yet another city in Argentina.

 

Sometimes when we wake up in the morning, we have to ask ourselves where we are. After a while, these cities seem to blend together in our minds. Cordoba, the second largest city in Argentina (3 million people, compared to 13 million in greater Buenos Aires), has the usual historic old town section, complete with a central plaza and accompanying church.

Being very picturesque and containing a maze of pedestrian-only shopping streets, it is a pleasant place to spend a few days, but probably not worthy of a longer stay. One point in its favour is that we have found the first good restaurant we have encountered in Argentina to date - oddly enough it serves Chinese food. So far as we can tell, this country's diet consists of steak and ham and cheese sandwiches; not a lot of variety.

 

 

Walking around town has turned up a few interesting sitghts, like an odd skateboard park, a very tall lighthouse (an awful long way from the nearest large body of water), and a sort of ferris wheel, designed by Gustave Eiffel.

 

There is a large park that would normally be a great place to spend some relaxing time, but the unfortunate lack of care and maintenance makes it less than desirable.

 

 

 

Two items of concern. First, the temperatures keep getting warmer. Today the high is around 31 degrees, predicted to be up to 36 in a few days, and we are heading further inland towards even hotter country.

The second item of concern is the escalating prices. The combination of a rather expensive country, high season in said country and the awesome decline in the value of our Canadian dollar, have forced us to think about getting back to the boat, in relatively inexpensive Ecuador. The shortest route from here appears to be to continue on to Santiago in Chile, then catch a flight to Guayaquil; so that is the current plan.

 

Cordoba Bus Terminal

Tomorrow, we will be embarking on our longest bus ride in a long while, a gruelling 11-hour marathon. This will take us to the town of Mendoza, in the desert at the foot of the Andes mountains, apparently stopping at every little wide-spot on the highway in between.

 

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