Stuck in Argentina...pobrecito :)

Sorry for the delay on the update people. Downloading pictures takes forever abroad, which is no bueno when you're paying by the hour (which I am fortunately not right now)! The past week and a half or so has been absolutely incredible for me. I've been traveling for 75 days now by my count and my trip has undergone a significant change. Up until I arrived in Cordoba for the first time (I'm back for round 2 now) my trip was primarily touristy - arrive in a city for a couple days, meet people at the hostel, explore the museums, monuments, etc...which has been incredible, but gets tiring after a while. Lately, I have gotten a much more local experience through the people I've met in David's (missionary here in Cordoba) ministry, which has been incredible, so much so that I've extended my stay. I've met engineering students, english students, atheists that have recently accepted christ, missionaries, and everything in between. It really makes you take a hard look at what you believe in, what you care most about, and much more. Needless to say, it's been amazing, but now to the good part- pictures doing the talking for me!

Part of the crew in Cordoba (during round 2). Next to me are Kevin (communications major from NC) his Argentine fiancee Ivanna (studies english, awesome chica!), at the back is the missionary himself David, and the rest (front row if you will) are students (left to right) : Pablo (eng. student from bolivia), Javier (english student from Jujoy, AR), Marcelo (CHEN from Cordoba), Laureano (works in Cordoba), Gaston (ENGR, AR), Jose (english, Cordoba), Florencia (english, mendoza AR), Celeste (pharmacy, mendoza AR).

Becker Beer in Valparaiso, Chile! I felt obligated to take a picture with this sign

Eating Chorillana, a local chilean dish consisting of french fries, onion, egg, lots of beef, and a fair amount of grease! Bob and I are eating with our 2 German friends Alex and Minnie.

View of the Valparaiso coastline. Valparaiso is a charming city that is very hilly, lots of parks, and lots of beautifully colored houses, including the house of the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

Se llama de la llama es Carlitos (the name of the llama)! This is at El Mercado Central in Santiago with our 2 friends Amanda (medical sales rep from south carolina) and Will (student at University of Arizona as well as football equipment manager) that we met at Santa Lucia.

Sunset on top of Cerro San Cristobal in Santiago after a pretty tiring bike pedal up!
The amazing ladies of Mendoza, Argentina. We headed to Mendoza after Cordoba (round 1) and had a blast. Flor (green shirt in the middle) is of friend of Jose (see above pics of Cordoba crew) and her and her friends were extremely nice! They played tour guide for us throughout Mendoza, which is a beautiful little city right near the Andes that has wide avenues, parks, and a ski town type feel to it. There are also amazing vineyards here, that we of course, had to visit. And during the night, our tour guides took us dancing...a lot...and then we danced some more. The other girls from left to rigth are Tati, Karen, and Sofie and they are all students in Mendoza. Don't know who the random weird guy is jumping in the picture behind Bob.
Our first day in Mendoza it was snowing! My first time to see snow in July!
In Cordoba, we met 2 sisters from Montreal (Rosanne and Laurelou, 2 girls on the left) that came to Mendoza with us. We are on a "bike and wine" tour with them and 5 lovely Irish ladies we met at our hostel in Mendoza. We visited 4 wineries, this was the first one, Weinert.
Eating delicious chorripan with some of the guys in Cordoba, from left: Jose, Laureano, Marcelo, and Kevin numero 1(I'm Kevin numero 2 here! He was here first so I let him keep numero 1! jk)
Jose, Laura (study abroad exchange student), and I with David and his incredible family: wife Kristin, daughter Chloe, and son Cohen, who at age 4 already speaks better Spanish than I do!