Current location:	Mendoza, Argentina
Current mood:	amused
Current music:	U2- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Mendoza
We are stuck stuck stuck in Argentina.

Those lovely people who sold us the bus tickets in Buenos Aires assured ^{yes yes, the Andean pass to Santiago is rarely closed and only takes two hours to clear}. It`s been closed for ten days now. And with flights at 260 US we`re trapped on the wrong side of the Andes.
With so little time left (I`ll be home in two and a bit weeks-utterly insane...) we`re heading back North through Argentina, hoping to find another route through the mountains. There are buses from Salta (about 20/22 hours away) but they`re only twice a week, and very likely to be booked up- it`s a near certainty we`re going back to Bolivia. Yay!
And nay. Bolivia = ridiculously cheap. Bolivian people = no logic. Bolivian roads = don`t be daft.
^{two weeks? I can`t believe it! I can`t wait, but I`ve got so much left to do!}
Anyways, yesterday was brill- an altitude trek along Arroyo del Silencio and then a climb to the top of Chacritas Mount, followed up by an abseil through Garganta del Silencio- the gorge of silence. Argentinian mountains are really quite something!

Today I tested my Spanish to the limits and got my haircut. Hrm.