Comments on: Reaching the promised land http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/ Around the world in less than a year. Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Elizabeth Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:12:21 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-153 Ah, the promised land. We'll be in Mendoza for Christmas, staying with a friend of Maikael's from high school, and will most definitely skip the winery bike tours! :) Also, a question while I'm thinking about it: what documents did you need to enter Bolivia? We are going ahead with our plans to go there. Ah, the promised land. We’ll be in Mendoza for Christmas, staying with a friend of Maikael’s from high school, and will most definitely skip the winery bike tours! :) Also, a question while I’m thinking about it: what documents did you need to enter Bolivia? We are going ahead with our plans to go there.

]]> By: Becca http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Becca Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:20:15 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-152 I too can hardly wait for the tales of amazing wine and chocolate! Hope to see you when you're back in Seattle. Take care! I too can hardly wait for the tales of amazing wine and chocolate! Hope to see you when you’re back in Seattle. Take care!

]]> By: kate http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-146 kate Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:44:37 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-146 I am excited to hear about the wine and chocolate - please get to that part soon! Miss you! I am excited to hear about the wine and chocolate – please get to that part soon!
Miss you!

]]> By: Katie http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Katie Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:35:03 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-145 Glad to hear you are still enjoying South America! We were also told buses in Argentina are like a slice of heaven, and once we crossed the Argentina border... our first class bus left without us and we took crappy local buses overflowing with babies for 40 hours to Buenos Aires...BUT we made up for it with a nice Thanksgiving with my parents. Now we are onto Brazil-happy travels! Glad to hear you are still enjoying South America! We were also told buses in Argentina are like a slice of heaven, and once we crossed the Argentina border… our first class bus left without us and we took crappy local buses overflowing with babies for 40 hours to Buenos Aires…BUT we made up for it with a nice Thanksgiving with my parents. Now we are onto Brazil-happy travels!

]]> By: Tina http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Tina Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:12:39 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-144 Oh yeah, and a warning - there is a massive coin shortage so nobody ever wants to give change. The idea is to lie and say you don't have any coins. By law they have to either give you your change, OR, if they genuinely don't have enough coins, they are supposed to round your change up to the nearest peso (so you get a bit of a bargain there). Sometimes they'll do that because they don't feel like counting coins. But be insistent and say "CAMBIO! MONEDAS!" and get those coins! ;-) Oh yeah, and a warning – there is a massive coin shortage so nobody ever wants to give change. The idea is to lie and say you don’t have any coins. By law they have to either give you your change, OR, if they genuinely don’t have enough coins, they are supposed to round your change up to the nearest peso (so you get a bit of a bargain there). Sometimes they’ll do that because they don’t feel like counting coins. But be insistent and say “CAMBIO! MONEDAS!” and get those coins! ;-)

]]> By: Tina http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Tina Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:10:22 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-143 Yes, if I have errands to run, I'm lucky if I get one thing done. That's Argentina for ya. I really hope you can manage to squeeze in a good week in Buenos Aires. Some beautiful neighborhoods and architecture to explore! Besos, Tina Yes, if I have errands to run, I’m lucky if I get one thing done. That’s Argentina for ya.

I really hope you can manage to squeeze in a good week in Buenos Aires. Some beautiful neighborhoods and architecture to explore!

Besos,
Tina

]]> By: gary and susan http://chrisandjodi.net/2008/11/30/reaching-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-140 gary and susan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:29:24 +0000 http://chrisandjodi.net/?p=482#comment-140 Your experiences with store clerks, street vendors and bus drivers were very familiar to us. We had similar experiences in Europe. Trying to understand what some waiters wanted of us was very challenging. Slowly, we began to understand the norms of the area. Often times I just held money in my hand and let them take because they wanted certain coins/bills. I would like to compare Argentina with Spain. Your experiences with store clerks, street vendors and bus drivers were very familiar to us. We had similar experiences in Europe. Trying to understand what some waiters wanted of us was very challenging. Slowly, we began to understand the norms of the area. Often times I just held money in my hand and let them take because they wanted certain coins/bills. I would like to compare Argentina with Spain.

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