Well, i sure feel like weve been here more than a week. Since i last wrote juli and i went to a futbol match in BA, the boca juniors who played tigre, and us and a few girls from the hostel traipsed into the seedy or so called neighborhood of boca, to buy cheap tickets and see some crazy fans in action, which we did indeed. We were right in the middle of where the die hard, ever singing, flag hanging boca juniors fans were and it was amazing. But Juli and i were both glad to be gone from BA, even though the weather was getting better, it was just not hitting the mark. Puerto Iguazuen el otro lado, es muy tranquillo y bonita y tenemos una piscina aca. We took an amazing busride that puts greyhound, and pretty much the USAs public transit to shame, semi cama which is third lowest on the rung of awesome busses gave us fully reclining seats, warm and delicios dinner, including pretty much the only vegetable id seen all week, ( this delicious spinnach feta something?), pirated and dubbed in spanish viewing of the dark night, and all in all a great ride of 18 hours or so from BA to Puerto Iguazu.
Our hostel is so amazing that immediately we booked another night when we got the
re, and then another, and now its been 4 nights and well both be super sad to leave the glorious paradise that is the Hostel Inn of Iguazu falls. First of all, there is glorious tropical weather, a huge ass pool, with surrounding hammocks, and a ping pong table (dont be jealous sean, i haven´t even used it yet bc its so fabulously busy all the time) and is a sun
bathing fantasy. Especially coming from bustling, dirty and cold BA. AHH what could go wrong.
Well i wake up after our first night there totally fucking sick. A girl at our last hostel who was sleeping above me was sick and im sure i contracted this bastard of a sickness from her. Sore throat,
body aches, blech. But i pulled it together and Juli and I rocked Iguazu Falls. First
we walked to la garganta del diablo, or the devil´s throat of the waterfalls which is this enormous convergence of white massive waterfalls that is insane, also insanely busy with tourists. Still feeling totally shitty, we traipsed down onto the Machuco trail, all the trails btw are filled with these, seriously R.O.U.S´s called coaties which are smallish raccoon did it with an anteater type guys that feast on the garbage of tourists and could probably valosa raptor the shit out of you if you were alone and a pack surrounded you. But anyways, we walked forever, playing 20 questions, then 20 questions movie edition, and then 7 degrees of Morgan Freeman, etc. Until we reached this gorgeous little swimming hole with a waterfall feeding into it, which juli totally swam in even though it was freezing, i was totally not feeling up for it unfortunately, but it was cool, i got to photograph.
The next day we went back again, and i still felt like shit, as did juli this time too, but her sickness had more to d
o with partying all night with brazillian dancers, and doing the macarena and matching drinking with various irishmen. And this time we went all over to the upper and lower points of the waterfalls, and i know it probably seems like the waterfalls would get old, but they are so enormous and so amazing that every time you see them you kinda wanna cry because of their magnamity. We even took a little boat over to this pequeña isla con una playa tambien, where you walk up some hella steep stairs for kinda a long time, but then you are really close to the falls, and it rocks. OH and we saw rainbows, it was like a my little pony wonderland i swear.
Tomorrow night we are taking another long busride to the town of Córdoba, which is vying for Argentinas 2nd city, and where there are many universities as well, and i´ve contacted some farms from wwoof to see if we can get some volunteering in towards the end of the month when we head to Mendoza, which is cerca de los Andes and is Argentina´s wine country. There is also a pseudo octoberfest close to medoza the first two weeks of october that we may try to take a day trip to as well. We will arrive in Córdoba at 4pm this Sunday, on my 23rd birthday, i can´t believe i am going to be 23 already, oh how time flies. Yes Berger, i get what you were talking about now. And then we´ll only be 4 years apart again? haha.
Our hostel is so amazing that immediately we booked another night when we got the
re, and then another, and now its been 4 nights and well both be super sad to leave the glorious paradise that is the Hostel Inn of Iguazu falls. First of all, there is glorious tropical weather, a huge ass pool, with surrounding hammocks, and a ping pong table (dont be jealous sean, i haven´t even used it yet bc its so fabulously busy all the time) and is a sun
bathing fantasy. Especially coming from bustling, dirty and cold BA. AHH what could go wrong.Well i wake up after our first night there totally fucking sick. A girl at our last hostel who was sleeping above me was sick and im sure i contracted this bastard of a sickness from her. Sore throat,
body aches, blech. But i pulled it together and Juli and I rocked Iguazu Falls. First
we walked to la garganta del diablo, or the devil´s throat of the waterfalls which is this enormous convergence of white massive waterfalls that is insane, also insanely busy with tourists. Still feeling totally shitty, we traipsed down onto the Machuco trail, all the trails btw are filled with these, seriously R.O.U.S´s called coaties which are smallish raccoon did it with an anteater type guys that feast on the garbage of tourists and could probably valosa raptor the shit out of you if you were alone and a pack surrounded you. But anyways, we walked forever, playing 20 questions, then 20 questions movie edition, and then 7 degrees of Morgan Freeman, etc. Until we reached this gorgeous little swimming hole with a waterfall feeding into it, which juli totally swam in even though it was freezing, i was totally not feeling up for it unfortunately, but it was cool, i got to photograph.The next day we went back again, and i still felt like shit, as did juli this time too, but her sickness had more to d
o with partying all night with brazillian dancers, and doing the macarena and matching drinking with various irishmen. And this time we went all over to the upper and lower points of the waterfalls, and i know it probably seems like the waterfalls would get old, but they are so enormous and so amazing that every time you see them you kinda wanna cry because of their magnamity. We even took a little boat over to this pequeña isla con una playa tambien, where you walk up some hella steep stairs for kinda a long time, but then you are really close to the falls, and it rocks. OH and we saw rainbows, it was like a my little pony wonderland i swear.Tomorrow night we are taking another long busride to the town of Córdoba, which is vying for Argentinas 2nd city, and where there are many universities as well, and i´ve contacted some farms from wwoof to see if we can get some volunteering in towards the end of the month when we head to Mendoza, which is cerca de los Andes and is Argentina´s wine country. There is also a pseudo octoberfest close to medoza the first two weeks of october that we may try to take a day trip to as well. We will arrive in Córdoba at 4pm this Sunday, on my 23rd birthday, i can´t believe i am going to be 23 already, oh how time flies. Yes Berger, i get what you were talking about now. And then we´ll only be 4 years apart again? haha.
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