Rosario Stories


Mendoza and Rosario

A few days ago we took a bus from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. The trip itself is amazing enough, as we had to cross a high pass over the Andes. The first day we made the attempt the pass was blocked with snow, so on the second day when we did get across we had good load of fresh snow to look at. We had to get all of our things off the bus...


Confluence of Circumstances

This weekend, some Couchsurfing friends ( www.couchsurfing.org ) and I hauled it to Rosario, a four hour bus ride (AR$ 70 round trip) about 300km Northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the birthing place of Mr. Che Guevara, it lines in the Western portion of the Paraná River with purple flowering trees, and it is home to 1.3 million people. What a trip....


Rosario

We finally made it here! We arrived yesterday at about 3:30 and set about finding somewhere to stay. The lady at the tourist information place at the bus station was very helpful and we got a real sense of achievement by being able to phone a few places up to ask for rooms. We decided to stay until Saturday morning and a lot of the hotels seemed to be f...