Athena - Argentina San Juan travels, riots and other misadventures

My travel plans for my last week in Argentina changed on a dime. I was reading lanacion.com (Argentina's leading newspaper) and saw that my first stop, Cordoba, was in the midst of riots. I asked my roommate what was going on there and after showing her the article to make sure. I understood it correctly (it was of course, written in Spanish). We quickly agreed that I should t travel there. The police were on strike, because they wanted higher wages, and some people began rioting and looting local businesses. I reached out to the hostel I planned to stay in and the guy said that no one was in the streets, everyone was staying inside. Nope, definitely not going there now. I thank God that I found all of this out, because I was literally ready to go there the very next day.

Waiting at the Buenos Aires airport at 3:30 am

  I needed to change my plans and my flights very quickly, but where should i go? Juli, my roommate, mentioned that another girl who stayed with her really enjoyed San Juan. I quickly Googled it and the pictures looked cool. So that's how I decided where to go, on a recommendation and cool pictures. I also considered going to Salta, a beautiful town in the north, but changing my ticket there would cost almost $700 USD, going to San Juan cost about $25. Done. I started searching for a hotel and less than 24 hours later I was headed to a town I had never heard of until the day before. I guess that's one of the adventures of traveling in South America. You never really know what will cause your plans to change or when you'll have to move quickly.

Unknown adventure on short notice? Sure, sounds good to me.