Getting from the north to the middle…
So, we had the bright idea of going from Resistencia to Mendoza. And we had the equally bright idea of actually looking at our tickets and seeing how long it was going to take. 24 hours. Okay, we could handle 24 hours. And the idea of stopping in another town just for the sake of stopping in another town just didn’t really appeal all that much.
So we spring for cama. Meaning, instead of 4 across on a bus you have 3 across on the bus. So, you have these cushy seats. We also got seats on the bottom instead of the top of the bus which we have never had before, which were mildly interesting since you were kind of in a cave. And the seats recline pretty far back.
So, we’re happily going south, which is where we wanted to go…then we reach a crossroads that we found on our map…and went, how is this trip going to take 24 hours? It should maybe take 18 hours, tops. Well, this kind woman next to us, pointed out that we went like 5 hours south, then we were going to go back northeast. And ultimately end up going back south to finally get to Mendoza. So we were taking like a backwards N. Okay, this is making more sense. Not good sense, but more sense.
So we finally make it to Tucuman where a lot of people get off – and with good reason since it took us about 6 hours longer to get to our ultimate destination than the tickets said and the scary part is that it was primarily in this last leg because we got to Tucuman about the time we were supposed to get there. Very annoying. Oh well, just one more bus ride from Mendoza back to Buenos Aires, but luckily they have DIRECT buses! Woohoo! Meaning, they don’t stop in every town, just one or two! And it’s a straight shot, not another lengthy letter like W or M. M would totally suck.
Anyway, Mendoza…
Tags: RTW Trip
JohnCin
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