Trapped!!!

This morning it was with a rather heavy heart that I packed my bags and left for the station. Rosario is such a cool, safe and interesting place, and to be honest I wasn't sure that I wanted to leave. What I didn't know, however, was that Rosario didn't want me to leave either. Upon arrival at the bus station, we were informed that the forest fires had spread again and, this time, closed both roads to Buenos. Furthermore the rain was hammering down, thunder and lightning (it was very very frightening) going off all over the place, and totally deserted city streets. It felt like I was inside a Stephen King novel. So we have returned to the safe haven of the hostel for another night hiding from the storms, fires and rabid dogs/murderers/ghosts etc.

As promised Friday and Saturday were very much news days, which is visibly evident by the bags under my eyes and the generally vacant look that I am modelling this morning.

Friday night was definitely some beer leariness, starting the a house party of a 'friend of a friend', already tanked on a bottle of vino tinto each, before moving on to the opening of a new club. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to embrace the Argentinian culture and 'interact' with the locals, however it was so loud that conversing in broken spanish/english was not likely to be very successful. A really great night of cuba libres and banter, which went on until well past 7am.

The next night, in spite of being shattered from Friday and having to leave at 10am this morning, "you just can't miss a Saturday night in Rosario". That seemed like a good enough argument for another night out. This time we went to a smaller, funkier club where the music wasn't so loud. A few cuba libre cocktails cured any fatigue, and brought about a new desire for 'local interation and cultural exchange'. In no time we were surrounded by quite a myriad of chicas bonitas keen to practice their English and tell us how much they loved our accents. This was an earlier night, strolling in just before 5am.

From the pittance of a sleep that i've had recently I'm not sure how I've actually managed to stay awake to write this, but I think holding off sleep for any longer is not a possibilty anymore. Hopefully tomorrow Rosario will allow us to leave as a birthday in Buenos Aires beckons.