So it was time to leave San Martin and once again our hitch hiking adventures begin!
We wait only 30 mins before some crazy snowboarder from San Martin picks us up. He tells us of how he knows people from Wanaka, small world!
Only takes us short distance, and wait a while for next lift. Just when James giving up we see a lorry. I remember saying to Mariana, they`ll never give us a lift but to my surprise they stop! It seems to be that whenever I think they will never pick us up and lost some hope we get a lift, so that has to be my tactic from now on!
These truckers, both 26 are delivering asphalt from Cordoba to San Martin to build a new road and back again!
Interesting having a lift off a truck and they´re kind enough to drive us all the way to Neuquen about 350km away!
Get there at around midnight.
Next day visit to Cipolletti, chill out in small town with not much but good to have a break from tourist activites.
Get lift off people outside city who take us supposedly to where the coach should stop but maybe lost in translation or (more likely) a blatant lie they drop us off not 2km from the town but 20km! James not impressed and starts to worry that will miss the bus to get us to Mar del Plata to meet Mariana´s parents next morning! Not a good 1st impression! Lucky find a local old man stopping at petrol station who agree to give us lift to the next town. Great until we realise v old truck, no speedo & I reckon top speed is 60km/hr & not the usual 130! Still we get there slowly but surely and luckily have a few hours to catch our bus.
4 years ago
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