Cordaba and Che's house

Wednesday 6/6/2007


On Wednesday morning, we arrived in Cordoba and headed straight to our hostel. The bus ride over was good. In Argentina, the bus systems, and buses are pretty nice. In fact you can basically get a first class bus ride. On this ride we chose, a cami, which basically means, you get a hot meal, your seats recline back a little bit further and you get wine. Sweet! Plus they are only about 10 pesos more which is about 3 dollars more.

I rode on the bus with another American, Jackie, who by the way is only 18! I know that Mom is worried about me now, but there is no way in hell that she would let me come down here at 18. Anyway, Jackie is a cool girl and speaks Spanish pretty fluently. Granted mine is okay,but having someone that can speak fluently with you,is much nicer. We stayed at this hostel Baluchi, which is an Israel ran hostel (apprently there is a large population of Israels and they own a lot of hostels). It was cool, it had this sweet bar on top, that would be completely kick ass in the summer. Anyway, we then get the local colective (small bus) out to Alta Gracia, which is about 35km outside of Cordaba. Che, who was a revolutionary. He was a very educated and driven man. He traveled throughout S. American as well as Central American and discovered many socio-economic problems, that could only be solved through a revolution. He ended up joining Fidel Castro's Revolutionary movement, which seized power in Cuba. He wrote many books about Guerrilla warfare. He was than captured in Bolivia, where he was later than assisnated. He is now an icon for socialist movements. The movie "The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on his travels on his motorbike.

He was born in Rosario, but had severe asthma, which led them to move to Cordoba, Alta Garcia. Here he went to school, played sports and excelled in school. His house is where we went and it is pretty cool. I was trying to add the picture of his motorcycle in which he rode on through the continent, but it wouldn't load. The museum tells all about his life and how he got involved in the revolution. He believed that everyone deserved an equal chance and that as young, educated people we much continue the revolution and the fight for socio-economic equality.

Anyway it was great, because on Wednesdays all the museums are free! After that we just walked around the town and had lunch. We headed back to the hostel, where we walked around Cordoba some more. Cordoba is full of young people, as it is a university town. Almost similar to Stanford or the like. It actually has the most universities in the country. It is also a very walkable town, which is what we did.

That night Jackie taught us how to make empanadas, which are basically a pastry stuffed with what ever you want. You can find them here for less than 20 cents. Anyway we made them and just hung out. There were a bunch of Irish lads at our hostel as well, so we were hanging with them. They are deceided to go out while I stayed in due to a cold which I acquired. The next day, I just walked the city and again took it easy, as I was heading to Buenos Aires that night and new that B.A. would be quite busy. Good thing I slept on the bus the whole way over.


New tally of travel time.

Last tally 54 hours.

Salta-Cordaba 12 hours
Cordoba- Buenos AIres 10 hours

Grand total is 72 hours.