I´m here...now what?

Guess what? I kind of lost my paper with all of my phone numbers in Santa Cruz...so no one really knows I´m here. :P On a lighter note, no one replied to my request for free housing either. My next step is to try my friend´s phone number and if no one answers then look for a nice little youth hostel to stay at. At least I speak the language!

Next Step: Santa Cruz!

I leave for Bolivia tonight at 12:45 am and will be getting into Santa Cruz around 6 pm. I still don´t know where I will be staying when I get there or if anybody will even be around to pick me up from the bus station. That´s half the fun, isn´t it? It turns out that half of my graduating class will be in Santa Cruz so I´ve decided to make the effort to see everyone. Chau for now... Please pray that my last minute pop into Santa turns out smoothly.

P.S. So far I´ve slept in 5 different houses here in Salta, je.

Argentina Hasta Ahora

I've been in Argentina for a month. So far I've slept in seven beds in four different provinces. Of my time here I've only spent a week in Jujuy (sorry mom and dad). My summers in Argentina are usually slow with few activities since I've lost touch with most of my friends and the ones that I do have now live in other provinces. This summer has been completely different. I've been experiencing more fatigue than what I usually do during school (without the stress of course) due to the constant moving around and traveling. For a while I was only sleeping five hours a night in Salta because I had so many people to see and so many things to do. If the rest of my summer is like this then I will be quite content. The weather has also been great. I've only had to wear my winter jacket for a week in the month that I've been here because it's been getting up to the 60s. I really do hate Indiana winters a lot... Argentine isn't some sort of magical place where it's always fun and warm but right now it feels very fun and extremely warm. I don't always know where I belong, but one thing that I do know is that I always feel misearable when I leave Argentina and that those feelings are real.

I'm in the process of planning trips to Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and Cafayate (wine vineyards). For what it's worth, I've (re)discovered Argentine reggae.

Girls these days...

I remember back in the day when girls used to like being serenated to. Now you have to be good at typing text messages in short hand and signing foto blogs. I know that I sound like an old man now, but I miss the good old days...


P.S. `Falta azucar´ means `Needs sugar.´ Je.

Talented Friends

Not only are my friends good at modeling, but they sing too. Let me know what you think...

Hanging out in Salta

I got in to Salta (two hours from Jujuy) yesterday afternoon. The bus ride was interesting because I sat next to two travelers from Canada and France and talked about our travels throughout the world. Things seem to be going well so far. We´ve managed to record a few songs which will be posted as soon as they are loaded. I´m staying at Josi and Luciana´s house, two friends who I met at camp a year and a half ago. We ate dinner at 2 a.m. last night. 5 p.m. dinners seem so foreign to me now...

Life in Jujuy so far

He doesn´t look too happy to see me, huh?

• Maté
• Text messages
• Seeing old friends
• Building a chapel
• Midnight walks with Clyde
• Being walked by Clyde
• Chasing stray cats and dogs with Clyde
• Watching Lobo Jujuy beat Unión de Santa Fe at the stadium
• Eating dinner at 10 pm
• Argentine tv stations
• Sleeping in until 12 pm, sometimes
• Waking up at 8 to work at camp, sometimes