Mendoza plans are being pushed out again - was originally leaving tomorrow, now maybe Sat. So far there is no snow in Las Lenas so uncertain whether the resort will even be open by the 12th. I could be panicking about what this implies about the upcoming season but just don't feel like it. I'm here. I'm having a good time. Awesome snow conditions will be awesome, but srsly - where's the challenge in bottomless powder anyway?
;)

[Plan B involves finding an Argentian Polo ranch to be a groom at in exchange for lessons, Plan C involes a bicycle, Tierra Del Fuego, Anchorage, Alaska, and a lot of pedaling]

Speaking of Las Lenas, I've been in contact with the guy who is renting out the seasonal apartments. He's like 'yeah when you get to Mendoza you should hook up with the others - the las lenas crew.'

Yey! there's a crew! excellent! it sounds so real! Of course at this point the 'seasonal crew' seems to be the half dozen or so people in the apartments. Hundreds of people go to revelstoke for the season - SIX go to Las Lenas? Maybe 12? There must be more right? Well - call me intrigued if nothing else.

Oh but he ends his email with this:

I warn you, Yaya [one of the Las Lenas crew] is a famous Mendoza womanizer, be careful, hahahaha

which cracks me up, but how to respond?
Thanks for the heads up? Sounds fun?

I think this yaya is the same guy who when I was trying to find a place in LL offered to share his room with me for a discout. ["Think about it - it's a lot of money. Besos!"]

hmm... Maybe I should take a page from a woman I met in Revelstoke, who I barely knew but admired her ability to be technically friendly without actually being friendly - and reply with the non-committal, positive, yet subtly dismissive:

'Cute!'

What else is going on ... the hostel has turned over - a new bunch of people so at least the Poutine nickname has died. They seem to be mostly at the end of their travels, so we all got together last night and they shared some absolute HORROR south america stories. The girl who got robbed between the airport and the hostel, the airport bus that got held up and emptied, one woman's atm card had been stolen and accounts emptied (even without the pin! something about the mafia). And of course the guy who got kidnapped in Peru.Since I'm flying out of Lima, Peru, I figure I should get a hold of which city that happened in and check it out. (JUST KIDDING MOM!!Of course I'm being totally safe!!!)

Bye!

eta: success! I'm at a coffee shop, ordered a 'cappucino' and guess what just arrived? The mythical latte!