We got up early and had a bangin breakfast at the hostel... Best breakfast I've had in South America! There were hard boiled eggs, cereal, oranges, coffee, tea, orange juice, pastries and cut up tomatoes. They also had eggs you could fry up but we didn't have time before our 7:30am pickup.
We 5 and another 4 from our hostel got picked up in a van which then picked up a bunch of different people from other hostels... No Australian man today :(
We took a drive to the Andes and saw the Monumento Natural Puente del Inca. It is a natural bridge with beautiful colors from the minerals in the water that runs under it. There was tons of artisan tables but they weren't about to bargain with us so we didn't buy anything. Mommom was having trouble breathing at that attitude so didn't walk much.
We then stopped at a small cafe and had some café! We were dragging so it was definitely necessary.
We then saw the tallest Andes mountain, snowy mountain tops and a Volcano. Then we drove all the way to the Chilean border. We were so close! It was just over the mountain (or 3 kilometers through a tunnel under the mountain).
^^ CHILE ^^
Don't tell anyone but I'm still gonna scratch Chile off my scratch map... I was to close not to!
On the way back we stored at the same cafe we stopped at earlier and got empanadas! Yum yum!
We got back to the hostel, showered, and got ready for another wine hour. This time, our New Zealand roommates, Nina and Adeline, joined us! They're doing a gap year in Argentina teaching English. They taught at a bratty private primary school in BA last semester and are teaching high schoolers and adults this semester.
Mommom, Christina and I also met our new roommate to our 6 person room: a HUGE rugby player from the UK.
It was so funny. He was in the bunk above Mommom's bunk when we came in, Mommom sat down on her bunk pointed up to him without him seeing and asked, "normal?" Yes, Mommom, this is extremely normal in a hostel room of more than 3 people.
We made our pasta while the other girls got takeout pizza. We finished wine night and broke out our own bottle of wine. Then the girls got out a huge bottle of Gray Goose and this green melon flavored liquor called Midori. Now that was a hostel party.
We played never have I ever and let's just say I learned a lot about my grandma and she learned a lot about me... We were all just so open and so drunk and passing around hot pictures of men we've had sex with and objecting them... It was great. It was so fun swapping stories and taking pictures with Nina's Polaroid camera.
It was a perfect night with friends and alcohol... That's all I gotta say.
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