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| 2013-11-02 |
2/11/2013
Stage 55 Alumine – Junin de los Andes
Another
beautiful day on the bike [I know I'm repeating myself but it's true
]. Cycling doesn't get much better then this. We followed the river
for about 50 km. First on the road and then on ripio which was on the
whole quite good. It does keep you on your toes though when you know
that at any given time you might suddenly end up in an extremely
sandy patch which makes your bike skid from underneath you. Once
again there was barely any traffic or sign of any human existence for
miles and miles. Just gorgeous scenery. We had managed to buy some
more salami, cheese bread and cereal in Alumine so we were all
sorted. This holiday we ( or rather Malc because I don't touch milk
)have discovered the joy of powdered milk. Since we always carry
water that's breakfast sorted. We like to cycle for about an hour and
then stop for coffee, cereal bread and jam. After lunch we left the
river and climbed up over the pass. Nothing too challenging but after
108 km and 11 days of solid cycling I was glad to stop. We managed to
loose another wallet with £50 and a debit card but luckily had
another card left to withdraw money but this is the last card and we
have to be especially careful. Buy this stage even the supermarkets
in Argentina were closed but we found a little take away place that
sold a fantastic lomito. (Huge steak sandwich with all the
trimmings.) Delicious.
Overall
Argentina feels a lot like Europe ( housing, standard of living)just
on a much much bigger scale. Very different from Ecuador, Peru and
Bolivia where the people were equally friendly but quite difficult to
have conversations with because our worlds were just so far apart
there was little common ground. We often felt as if we were from
different planets. In Argentina there are lots of people on bikes and
many people are keen to chat about where you are from and tell you
about their corrupt government. We have yet to meet someone who is
positive about the government here
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