Igazu Farkin´ Falls

Buenas dias from Argentina! I hope this blog entry finds everyone fit and well and enjoying the cricket season!

After a great couple of weeks in Bolivia I have spent the last two weeks in northern Argentina and I have been having a great time. I spent a few days in the desert, which was similar to the desert in southern Bolivia so I won´t bore you with too many details, only to say that I loved my first taste of Argentinian life. Pretty much a typical day for an Argentinian seems to run as follows:

7.30am: Sunrise. But you don´t want to get up until a few hours later, just to make sure the sun is properly up.
9:00am: Get up. Drink mate (pronounced mar-tay)
9.30am: Think about possibly doing something useful, so walk around with a flask of hot water, making and drinking mate for a few hours
12.30pm: Lunch. Three course meal and a bottle of red wine
2.00pm: Siesta. All the shops are shut anyway and you don´t want to overexert yourself after that busy morning
5pm: Think about possibly doing some useful, so go shopping to re-stock wine cellar
9.30pm: Sunset. The day really begins now.
10pm: Dinner. 3 course meal with several bottles of red wine. Dessert starts at about midnight.
1am: Hit the town for a live music show or some tango dancing.
3am: Bed....and get ready to do it all again! What a life!

There have been a few definite highlights in northern Argentina. I spent three days at the Ibera Nature Reserve, a huge wetland which has the most birds, crocodiles and giant guinea pigs of any place I have ever been. I had a great time watching wildlife and, in the spirit of all things Argentinian, having afternoon siestas and drinking red wine.

The other highlight has been Igazu farkin´Falls.....so called because when you see them you can´t help but swear alot, along the lines of ¨holy fark thats some massive waterfalls¨, ´fark me I have never seen so much water in all my life´, and ´there are a farkin´lot of really annoying old fat tourists here´. The falls are a truly amazing, as they consist of a huge number of different waterfalls spread over a really big area - the amount of water and the noise they make are just unbelieveable. You can also get really close to the falls through a series of boardwalks and by the end of the day I was soaking wet from all the spray coming off them. So if you ever get the chance I would highly recommend a visit because it is a great experience.

And one more highlight coming up....only one day until Tim arrives, so as you can imagine I am getting pretty excited! Hope to hear from you all soon!

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