Che Guevara´s birth town

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A mere 4 hours bus journey from Buenos Aires took us to Che Guevara´s hometown. As I walked into the hostal we had picked the guy at reception took an instant like to me as I was wearing my Foo Fighters top! He was a big fan and well into his rock. He even played some of the Times best hits in the hostal one night! The hostal was one of the friendliest place we have ever stayed in, on a par with Salta I would say. We were in a dorm for the first night and in a double for the remaining 2-3 nights. Thankfully there was excellent air con there otherwise we wouldn´t have survived with the exhausting heat!

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There isn´t a great deal to do in Rosario itself, nevertheless it is a lovely little place. One afternoon we took a small boat across the Paraña river and stayed on the beach for a few hours. The beach was nice and quiet but the water in the river was very brown due to the amount of mud at the bottom of it... which didn´t stop me from swimming in it though! Oh no! The unbearable heat made it hardly impossible to sunbathe longer than 10min without having to go in for a dip! I had a good shower afterwards and removed all the remains of dirt!

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We went to check out the apartment block where Che is claimed to have been born. Not much to see really, apart from a normal aparment block! We also saw the bronze statue of the national hero which was only built last summer. There is a flag monument by the shore in the shape of a ship which was built in remembrance of the person who drew the national flag.

We spent one evening on the hostal terrasse chatting to some young medical students from the south of Buenos Aires. We got to practice our Spanish and had a good laugh. At 2am they went for a shower and headed out into town at 3am!! We are still finding it difficult to get used to this nightlife style, so we went to bed at that stage...

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One night we went to a local bar to listen to some live music. The first band was quite rocky but we felt like we were back in the late 80s, with the grungy singer. The drummer reminded us of Bill Bailey which was quite funny. The main act was a blues band, with 6 people on stage.

We left Rosario on Saturday night for Mendoza. 13 hours night bus!