Chile and Argentina

Last tango in Buenos... If only they allowed guys in sandals to dance, I would have showed them a bit of Slavic power. Seven weeks passed so fast - again... But in the process I learnt quite a few new interesting facts and curiosities, about myself as much as amazing Chile and Argentina:

• You can sleep 8 hours straight on a bus,
• If you want your head spin, drink loads of pineapple ice-creams with extras,
• In Spanish you pronounce 'y' and 'll' the same as sh or yo
• Vines should be planted north-south for maximum sun exposure
• Roman wine must have been a plock
• You can slide down a volcano,
• You can see a whale when strolling on a pier
• Penguins lay always to eggs
• You never stir yerba mate
• Short-cuts do not always make the road shorter and
• There are things that cannot be washed off your shoes
• You do not need to get everyone drunk to get the whole room to dance
• You can fit three wine bottles in an average backpack 
• In some places 70km/h winds are considered normal
• You can sit 4 hours in one place to see one summit
• Getting down to the ice cave is easier than getting out of it
• Sea snails taste like chicken
• Bife de chorizo has nothing to do with sausage and 
• Bife de chorizo is the best beef cut you can get
• You can cook your fish with no heating but lemon alone
• Milanesa Neapolitana is an Argentinian dish
• You can cross 18-lane avenue in one go but you need to be fast, usain fast
• Dollar blue has better rate the normal dollar and
• The best rate you get in cambio with 'we do not exchange money' sign
• You have free wi-fi everywhere apart from 5* hotels
• You can eat only crackers for four days in a row
• Punta del Este is actually in Uruguay
• Suburban train can take 1,5h to get to the city centre
• Despite proofs US can deny everything
• Despite poverty life can be good in South America, provided you are rich
• You can fight mosquitoes in midday on a sunny beach
• You can have all four seasons in one day, several times a day
• You can buy Xmas presents wearing flip flops
• You can move from +30 to - 10 degrees in just one flight, but this tomorrow...

As you see there is much to discover, so need to plan a trip back. But next time I'll take my tango shoes...