The home strate

Well here we are at the end of our trip. We have had an amazing time, seen some amazing sights and met some amazing people. Looking back over the trip it´s hard to pinpoint what was the best bit, for me it´s been meeting the people, from meeting new people in Cordoba and all the places we´ve been to catching up and spending time with old friends. Everyone we have met has made us feel welcome and at home.
So sadly now its time to make the trip back home, the sun is shining, the bags are packed, and we get the bus from Barilochie to Buenas Aries this afternoon, arive sometime tommorrow and get the plane back to Paris then Heathrow, back to home sometime tuesday night, all being well, put the kettel on!
Muchas gracias amigos, hasta pronto.
Nathan

In Bariloche

befor coming to Bariloche its was hard to know what to expect we had herd about the volcano and the problems it has caused but we didnt quite know what to ecpect.
On friday we visetied a farm and helped feed his animals it was like a blizerd but with ash and sand we could not see past the end of the bonnet of the pickup it is not a good place to be. We also viseted some of the places we went to last time we were here it is verry different. Yesterday we went to the young peoples group from the church and enjoyed meeting some new people and some we had met before, unfortunatly Nathans team won the football.
We are now getting ready to come home we have had an amazing trip and will be sorry to leave.
Joe

The last leg west!

Hola. Well here we are our last journey west before heading east and back home. Neuquen was a realy good, we stayed with Fernando and Marina, Neuquen is a city built on oil and gas all around the city is towns built for the workers in the oil fields in the countryside all you see is oil pumps and sandy scrubland. We left there at 4am this morning! and made the 6hr bus trip to Bariloche. The weather is sunny but a cool wind, and everywhere is covered in ash from the volcano.
See you soon
Nathan

In Bariloche

we are now in Bariloche and have had an amazing time in Neuquen we viseted an oil town and saw a dinosore skeliton. its amazing just how much space there is around Neuquen you can go for miles without seeing buildings or people except the few cars and waggons there are.
Joe

Hola

We are past half way of our trip, unless we extend it! so far everything has been spot on as Joe has said everywhere we have been we have met really nice people, they have all been really good to us and made us feel part of everything that has been going on. The camp has been really good 270ish young people all in one place, viva la fiesta! and the weather was good one day of rain when we got there but hot and sunny after that.( They need the rain, it hasent rained for about 8 months in that part of the country) Last night we set off for Neuquen about 600miles to the south. We past through some realy amazing country side, from crops and cattle country to oil pumps and fruit trees, one long strait road with a roundabout every 60-70 miles, Argentina is vast! Looking forward to the rest of the trip in the patagonia reigon, hopefully ill be able to remember how to spell!
Hasta luego amigos
Nathan

After the camp

Well the camp is over and evryone had a good time.
its been nice to catch up with some old freinds and make new ones.
on the first day it raind all day and it has been sunny ever since. The camp was based on the feeding of the 5000 from mark and the talks were verry good. it was also intresting to listen to the debates and see the voting on how the young people want to change. It was verry siimaler to the one in the uk.
we have realy enjoyed it.
We are now in Neuquen and then we go to Bariloche.

day 4

we are getting into the rythem of life here we had an early night last night we went to bed by 12:45!
we had an assado (bbq) at the church with some of the young people it was very good we talked about sport and music, they are all very friendly we practiced our spanish and they their english.
Other top news we were on tv! when we came out the airport in Bueons Aires TV crews were wating for Carlos Teves and we were in the background!
Tommorrow we are going to the camp should be good.
feels like home today its rained!
Adios
Nathan and Joe

in cordoba

hola from Argentina
we arived safely with no dramas!
we have spent the day in the city with members of the church and have seen the sighs and some of the surounding area, it is very dry.
the weather is sunny and warm like a british summer is supposed to be!
we are staying in the flat above the church.
nothing else to say all is well
we are looking forward to meeting more people and whaterver the week brings!
Hasta pronto
Nathan and Joe

prepairing to go to Encuentro (Joe pattinson)

Hear we are again myself and Nathan are preparing to go to the Encuentro camp in Argentina and visit some people we know too.
we are flying tomoro night at around 8oclock to paris and then on to Buenos Aires, we then catch a flight to Cordoba where we are staying until the camp which is hapening 8th-10th after that we are traveling to Neuquen for a few days and then on to Bariloche befor returning home from Buenos Aries.