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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Back online after days without internet connection or cellular service

After Christmas, my husband and I decided to spend time by ourselves (a rare commodity when you´re visiting the family) and travel to Cordoba, an Argentinean province with beautiful sightseeing surrounded by mountains.
We decided to part on the 26th of December, with my husband driving and I, as the copilot… the one that reads the map, hands the snacks and beverages, screams when the car almost hits a pedestrian… typical stuff.
A non-stopping rain accompanied us from the beginning. After two hours on the road, we were deviated to another route because the path was water-flooded… with my map in hand and the sky pouring we chose another course, losing almost one hour in the process until we arrived to a major highway where the traffic was faster and safer.
However, as in most third world countries, only major cities are connected with well-tended roads. So, with another divert we ended up in a 20 km dirt road in a 500 kilos heavy car with no use of the four wheel drive (occupational hazards of an armored car).
It was truly a crisis, so when the (out of the blue) heavy rain caught us in the middle of the road, and the mud started to build up, we started grabbing the map, my husband swatting at the wheel and shouting like a mad man... I felt for him, I´m totally incompetent at understanding and being down to heart when I´m being shout at, but in that moment, I simply watched ahead and gave instructions: TURN THE HELL BACK!! (In a softly, low manner… of course)
Needless to say that we arrived with a knot in the stomach, the car covered in mud, a non-existent patience and all the need to be back at home, being looked after and pampered by our family… but it was only a tiny, minuscule moment…luckily we kept our wishes to stay with our mini-vacations in an inhospitable place, with no cellular signal, no Wi-Fi, no electricity, no pavement and, especially, no neighbors…
Entertainment wasn´t a problem though...

Beep beep beep… OUT OF COVERAGE AREA

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