Liam and Dina

Day 6 - Night Bus to Iguazu: Despite some initial apprehension about the impending length of our journey, the bus trip to the Puerto Iguazu wasn´t too hard. The time had passed reasonably quickly - the movies shown on the overhead televsion were better than what we had seen on the plane ride from Canada to Argentina. Dina was able to keep herself entertained by speaking with some of the other people on board, in Spanish, while I attempted unsuccessfully to get some sleep. There was a young fellow sitting directly to the right of us, whom Dina spoke to for a while. She later told me that he was from Paraguay - his job was buying/selling items in BA, and transporting items back to his town, near the falls, for resale. Our travel guide (rough ... read more

A Chilly Morning: I woke Sunday morning to find our room surprizingly cold. I faintly recalled hearing the sound of rain during the night, and then Dina getting out out of bed and closing the window shutters against the heavy plastic blinds used to block out both sunlight and mosquitos. In between the gaps of the blinds, I could see the sky was grey and overcast, and a chill wind streamed from the cracks where the two halves of the shutters met. We rose, dressed ourselves, and hurried downstairs, not wishing to miss another breakfast. Sandanzas serves a light breakfast, mostly croissants and freshly squeezed orange juice - however, free is free. There were a few people at the kitchen table, and I talked briefly to a young fellow from Germany, who had been away from ... read more

Sandanzas Hostal: The taxi ride from the airport was interesting - nice place, big, although some parts of the city look a bit run down. Buenos Aires is like Panama city, only way bigger!! We knocked at the front door, and met the people who run the place - they seemed very friendly, although they spoke mostly in Spanish. Dina did most of the talking, since my Spanish is a bit on the weak side (okay, pitiful might be a better description). We waited in the kitchen, while they got our room ready. There were other travellers eating and talking, and generally doing their own thing. We didn't really talk to anybody, although we did exchange some friendly nods. We were eventually shown to our own room, at about 11:30 am. Dina and I hit the ... read more