BIKING SOUTH AMERICA 2016-2017: San Juan to La Roija to San Megual De Tucuman

Having booked a hostel in San Juan we thought that it was all good to arrive , its hot and after 185kms of almost straight road we were hanging out to get off the bike . I walks in and the guys says I have your booking but we haven't got any rooms (thanks a lot prick ) . So it was back on the bike and off to find a new Hostel . We find one and I have a look (all looks good with tired eyes ) , we get our gear off and Ruth goes for a shower , well not for me . Its got an open sewer pipe in the middle of the bathroom and its fifthly , not the first though with the one in Mendoza with all the hair and the likes .

San Juan was nothing to write about just a little town

From San Juan to La Roija ( our first big day 465km) was more of the same just long straight roads and nothing in between ( very much like Aussie ) , you certainly cant drive past a petrol station on the hope that there might be another up the road cause there isn't probably for about 330kms . ( I got quite worried at one point but then a little town appeared out of nowhere and we were saved "Petrol "
La Roija was a very pleasant surprise but not at first , cause they certainly do have siesta . When we got there there was not a person to be seen, we thought shit what a dump and where are all the people , then about 5.00pm it was like ants out of an Ant nest (bloody Amazing ) they just keep on coming from where I don't know . It was just an amazing site the little town became so vibrant and alive we loved it (and our Hotel was so clean Ruth was going to sleep on the Bathroom floor) .
Then yesterday we arrived here in San Miguel de Tucuman (375kms) the same as La Roija after dark its great and so alive . We are here for 3 days then off to SALTA

One of the most notable things is that the towns are just jam packed with people and cars but no body on the open roads , I mean nobody . We could go and hour or more some times without seeing anyone . The roads are very hit and miss some good some bad . the only wild life we have seen has been 2 Foxes and dead dogs and horses on the roads .

Temp is around 30 degs

Up here is just so different from down south , it reminds me more of Mexico than anywhere else (people and buildings ) , and they loved to que with nobody in any hurry . the shops open at 9.ooam and shut at 12.pm till 5.30pm

I hope it doesn't get to much hotter , we try to get on the road around 7.30am to 8am so we can kill some Kms before it starts to get too hot .