Hitchhiking #1 successful. Two drivers from
Brazil offered us a ride, but only after Paulo said he is Brazilian, first they
said they were not going in the direction we were looking for (“if you were
Argentineans we wouldn't offered you a ride ahaha”). According to them,
Argentinean policy is the most unserious and it is quite usual to be stopped
and bothered for small issues (10/15 USD are often enough to avoid a problem). Argentineans have the tradition of travelling as backpackers for long time, we noticed this when we were trying to find the correct route and were approached by two man (mid 60s) who offered us some pesos to proceed with our journey.
Couchsurfing #1 successful as well,
Alejandro, a local student offered us a room to stay in.
In San Luis we visited Potrero de las
Furnas, a huge lake outside the city where people enjoy their weekends and do
some water sports. There was a huge hotel by the lake and of course, we took advantage of the opportunity to jump in the swimming pool and later be kicked out by the
security guards.
In the evening we had a Quilmes (local beer) in the central square
and saw some students ‘political demonstrations (they were “celebrating” la
noche de los lapices, a historical event when high school students from the
municipality of La Plata were kidnapped, tortured and killed. A few survived to
tell this tragic story which took place during the military dictatorship of 1976-1983). See Noche de los lapices and Historia oficial de Argentina movies.
San Luis is basically ruled by the same
government for 30 years, maintaining the power under the same family. It changes
from father to son, wife and others relatives. It is very technological
developed, it has free wi-fi for the whole province, a high level of education and
lots of industries set up, mostly due to taxes incentives. The
capital, San Luis, offers the typical Brazilian carnival, bringing 2000
Brazilians from Sambodromo after Rio´s carnival ends. A sample of tour the
France is also a main event in this city as well as a few national car races
that take place in the city.
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