Thursday, 19 July 2007

Cafayate

The argentinian grill... is called Parillia! - just something from my last blog...
Yesterday afternoon/evening arrived in Cafayate, unfortunatly missed all of the apparently stunning scenery, because i just passed out on the bus. Not only because i was tired form the night before, but because the most annoying argentinian sat next to me. I put in my headphones, but he kept talking ... ¿como te llamas?(name) where are you from.. blah blah blah.. eventually he got the message that i wanted to listen to my music.. after i explained that my MP3 player hadnt worked since my first week in SA, which was 3 and a half months ago! Then when we stopped for a break. he woke me up! I was pretty annoyed. Then when he got back on the bus, he just started singing my name... Nicooole nicooole... then I got - ¿Que piensas Nicole? - ARGH!! I was so annoyed i just wanted to sleep... so just snapped back.. NADA.. ESTOY CANSADA(nothing, i'm tired) Jesus.. that man wouldnt leave me alone! 4hours! and then kept waking me up to show me the scenery! Very nice i suppose, but i just really wasnt in the mood!
Anyway, once i arrived in Cafayate, it was beautiful. Still has all the niceties of Salta but much smaller, and stunning, surrounded by Vineyards. Me and a girl i met in salta went to visit some of the vineyards, shown how wine is made, sampled it... and i managed to get drunk very quickly!
Walking around we bumped into my polish friend from Tupiza, and her english boyfriend, who is a chef in London. They invited us over to their campsite for dinner, so of course we couldnt decline! Our hostel is also suposed to offer Parilla on the roof but that night the guy who does it wasnt there, so this was perfect.
At the cash machine i met a really cool Irish guy, so we decided to bring him along.
At the campsite wer had an awesome night. Andy cooked the best chicken, with guacamole and tomatoes and onions, and garlic bread. They had also invited 3 argentinian guy, and they had a guitar! The whole night was awesome. We had brought the wine, so we spent the evening drinking, and playing the guitar, everyone singing along... and then the boys light a bonfire, and it was great, sitting around and playing tunes till the small hours! Really like this little town, very tempted to stay a few more days.. see how it goes, cerainly one more night!

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