Blogs from Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 4

Woke up feeling quite rough from the night before, and spent most of the day walking around town, but both in bad moods. Luckily we had a siesta and decided we were going to have a great night for Anna´s birthday meal. We wanted to got to a local restaurant on the costanera we had seen so walked there and queued for 10 minutes at what we thought was the right place. It wasn´t until we sat down at our table we realised we were in a pizza and pasta restaurant next door, Anna walked outside to confirm we were in the wrong place and signalled to me that it was next door. I had to pretend to go to the toilet and made a break for it just as our waiter was ready to ... read more

Had to get up at 6 o´clock to get the 7:15 bus to El Puma, no sign of Dan on the bus, so assumed he must have missed it, but then realised that we didn´t really pay attention to Veronica when she showed us where the park was, and where we were supposed to get off. We then started questioning whether we were in fact on the right bus! Fortunately we recognised our stop and found the park. When we arrived, we met all the other workers and Reynaldo, who seems like a great bloke, but slightly mental. Had a much busier day, feeding the pigs lettuce and topping up all the water etc. Even got to give the old jeep they were doing up a new coat of paint! ... read more

It´s bank holiday here today, so there wasn´t much open. Managed to get to a supermarket to buy our lunch for our first day at work tomorrow. Did the usual of gong to our favourite little cafe in the centre and had a coffee and beer in the evening. ... read more

Had our órientation´today where we met 2 other volunteers who are starting at the same time. Dan Haydon and Helen something, seemed really nice both on gap years before uni. We met Veronica and Carolina who are the i-to-i representatives, and spent a couple of hours getting to know them and finding out about Posadas and the work we´ll be doing, as well as a quick spanish lesson from Norma. We were warned about the slow pace of life, and to expect some days at work to be busier than others, and that we had to adapt and enjoy the different culture. Spent the rest of the day walking around town trying to see what there is to do and see. Posadas is a lot bigger than we had imagined, and has loads of cafes, ... read more

Aamulla syötiin nopeasti aamiainen ja hypättiin bussiin. Koska poistuisimme Brasseista pidemmäksi aikaa täytyi meidän suorittaa rajavelvollisuudet kummallakin puolella. Ne menivät onneksi kivuttomasti. Huvittavaa oli, että Brasilian puolella oli tullivirkailija, joka passimme nähtyään tokaisi suomeksi ”hyvää päivää” ja lopuksi ”näkemiin”. Puerto Iguazun bussiasemalle päästyämme saimme heti liput puolen tunnin kuluttua lähtevään bussiin Posadasiin. Bussissa törmäsimme toisiin suomalaisiin (Hanna ja Antti) ja kuuden tunnin matka sujui täten nopeasti. Posadasissa löydettiin muutaman kyselyn jälkeen Garage Hotelli, joka nimensä mukaisesti sijaitsi autotallin päällä. Siisti huone ja suht halpakin (55 pesoa), joten jäätiin sinne. Matkustamisesta tulee aina nälkä, joten käytiin tutustumassa paikalliseen tarjontaan ja hyvinhän se taas maistui. Illalla kaupungissa oli vilinää. Kadut oliva... read more