South America Trip

Things to Watch Out For:

Door are backwards: push to enter, pull to exit.
Latin time is up to an hour behind Western time.
Somewhere in every square and plaza will reek of urine.
Lineups are optional.
Siestas last for 3 hours but can be stretched to last all day.
Graveyards are stacked lockers or archealogical masterpieces.
Everyone tries to exit busses as fast as possible.
Dress for all seasons every day.
Even the remotest of places advertises with posters of scantily clad women.
Bumming it on the street teaches the art of resourcefulness.

Items lost / Stolen:

Kevin´s touque (Mar Del Plata, Argentina)
~~Lonely Planet (Pan De Asucar, Uruguay)~~
Steve's touque (Uruguay bus)
Steve's mate cup (Uruguay bus)
10 blank cds :( (Argentina)
Kevin's watch (Bus from Sao Paulo)
Kevin's camera tripod (Rio, Brazil)
Kevin's jacket(Pantanel, Brazil)
Steve's flashlight (??)
Ryan's tripod(Pantanel, Brazil)
Ryan's nice underwear(Potosi, Bolivia)
Lonely Planet guidebook (Some store, Cusco)
Daypack including: toiletries, 2 bibles, food,
good batteries, guidebook (Colombia)
Steve's GPS on last day (Quito, Ecuador)

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Tancacha, Argentina

Visiting Friends

June 11, 2004

We had the greatest day today. Kev and I finally hooked up with a friend, Mariana in Cordoba province. We are getting our culture, language, and everything lesson constantly. We are staying with her family and she is the most hospitable ever. Staying with a local family is quite the eye opener. Yep, things are a little different here! Tonight is going to be the first shower and bed in 5 days. We are having the biggest barbecue party too. We went all over town today tasting different foods and asking a millions about everything. We are getting treated pretty well so we might just stay put for a few days. Those Andes mountains are beckoning though.. we'll see what happens.

-steve

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