This trip is cursed!!!

Hello everyone.

About a week ago, Fernando and I left for our trip through the north of Argentina.
Our plan was: Mendoza-Val Paraiso (Chile)-Salta- Missiones/Iguazu (Brazil)

We arrived in Mendoza after a 12 bus trip - first class- but we were wrecked.
After the rainy and cloudy weather of Buenos Aires, we were happy to enjoy the 30 degrees and blue sky this small city offered us. On our second day, we went horse back riding in the desert next to the Andes. Absolutely fabulous experience, great horses but extremely painfull sunburn!
After those two days we dicovered that this small city was indeed veeeery small and decided to travel to Val Paraiso 1 day earlier as originally planned.
Now, why would this tripp be coursed, you're about to ask?

Well, we checked out of the hotel and around 11 pm went to the busstation were our bus for Chile should have been waiting for us...but it wasn't! instead there was a tv crew doing some live broadcasting, and Fernando thought it was funny to say "Yep, I bet that they are here to report about the strike that the chilean customs office is on right now" Well, he was joking ...but, bad luck, his guess was right. So, there we stood, with no bus and no hotel!

Nevertheless, we had the "luck" to catch the last bus to Salta (our next destination) and off we were for the next 21 hours on a bus tripp - this time no first class seats!!!!

So, 2 days ago, we arrived in Salta where we are staying at some friends' house. For those, who don't know where Salta is situated...It's a small town in the north west of Argentina in a desert like climate. Now, the problem here is, that every one told us it were 33 degrees,and soooo hot ... if so, why is it raining now with 18 degrees???? What are the chances of having rain in the desert? In the middle of summer!!!!
Well, at least with this weather, the mosquitos don't dare showing up and the risks for malaria are non-existent.
Besides, it's a good thing that Fernando's parents called from Buenos Aires to tell us how fabulous the weather was at the moment.

So, what is there else left to do, except for eating empanadas and drinking red wine?

Hmmm...in 2 days we are travelling to Missiones, were the tropical climate promisses non-stop good weather. We will then see if this trip is really cursed...let's just pray we won't catch dengue fever!!!!

Right now, I am sitting in a quite crappy internet café, that is extremely noisy, so forgive my grumpiness. Even if the bad luck is hitting on us, this trip is a great adventure we have a fab time and laugh a lot.

So hasta pronto
A.