Day 55: Change in plans
It's funny how long trips evolve as time unfolds. Prior to your trip you develop a plan, an idea of where you want to go and in what order. You don't necessarily assign specific number of days to each place, it's a long trip afterall so you have some flexibility. So for me, the idea was a couple months in Peru, a month in Bolivia, and two weeks split between northern Argentina and Chile. So far I have spent a month in Peru and Bolivia, with 1.5 months left to go. The plan has changed.
As quickly as it changed I am sure it can change back or change anew, but I have a particular weakness for the sport of snowboarding. And apparently, from what I have been hearing, Argentina has lots of nice mountains to fill my urge to ride. So it appears my new direction will be taking me further into Argentina than I had originally planned. Not such a bad thing: Argentina is basically a first world country with third world prices. Famous for its women and steaks, mountains and lakes, I don't see much problem subtracting a month off of Peru (hey, I already spent a month there, right?) and spending it down in Argentina instead.
So, Buenos Aires (rumored to be perfection in a city), Bariloche (the Aspen of Argentina), Cordoba (birthplace of Che Guevara), and Mendoza (capital of South America wine country) await.
