Argentina: Buenos Aires & Iguazu

Still jetlagged, Darryl made enough sense of the Spanish language to get us a meal

In San Telmo, our first hostel


Hello everyone,
We are well into our second week and currently have had relatively smooth sailing. Our week in Buenos Aires has been good and has been enough time to try some tango at Bar Sur

but mostly watch the experts

wander through Recoleta cemetery where Eva Peron is buried

ponder further travel plans in atmospheric surrounds

tour La Boca

For a day trip we took a commuter boat from Tigre that winds through the islands within the delta, sampling a little bit of the local brew on the way

We headed out on the first of, no doubt, many long bus trips to the Iguazu Falls located on the Brazil and Argentina border. After 18 hours on a ´semi cama´(translation=a bed which sits at a 70 degree angle) bus behind four screaming children in 40 degree heat we thought we´d take it easy at the hostel. However, it was Darryl's birthday and our newly acquainted Colombian friend talked us into going to the Falls instead.

just waiting for that one jumper

We took a boat under the waterfalls and walked through the rainforest where Darryl made friends with a hungry coati.

Later that evening Darryl was serenaded by a group of Israeli travelers, singing happy birthday, then they forced him to eat a steak and drink a beer. It was rough, but he managed it.

We think we´re going to Brazil today, but have no accomodation, no bus ticket(everything is full) and it´s 3 in the arvo. No doubt everything will work out for the best in the end.

Cheers, love us

PS Thanks all for the birthday wishes.