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Published: October 9th 2006
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It has been a while since I updated and I apoligize to those of you who have reminded me, so here is a brief summary of what has been going on in the last month.
After leaving Boliva I headed to Argentina where I stopped over in the town of Salta for a few days rest. Coming from Boliva Argentina feels like Europe and it has taken me a few days to adjust but the friendliness of the people, the warmer climate and the Dulce de Leche have all helped speed the process along. Once rested and thawed out I took a bus down to the Iguazu Falls. Considered by some to be the most amazing water falls on earth the beauty of the place is just breathtaking. The park around the falls is full of walking paths and great lookouts so it was really nice to be able to walk around and enjoy the falls and the jungle feeling of the area.
While in the Salt Flats I met a couple from Brazil who convinced me their country was a must while in South America so I became determined to go. My goal was to arrive at the
Falls on Friday, apply for my Brazilian visa that morning and be able to leave either Saturday or Sunday. I arrived on Friday but was told that you are only able to apply for visas on Mondays so I spent a long, shall we say, relaxing weekend in the tiny little town of Puerto Iguazu. Come Monday I was ready to be out of there and was blessed with a visa that afternoon (apparently they normally take 24-48 hours to obtain) and then jumped on a bus Rio de Janeiro. I was expecting to be able to spend my days on the beach, working on my tan but was slightly disappointed by the overcast and rainy weather. Despite that and the cost of traveling I had a great time, the highlight being my walking tour of the largest Flavela in South America (Flavelas are small citys within Rio that are ruled and run by different drug lords, it was so interesting to see there way of life and hear about their system of ¨government¨, for reference rent ¨The City of Gods¨not a pleasant movie but very interesting). After a week in Brazil I caught a bus back to Argentina and
48 hours later I was in Buenos Aries to meet my sister on the following day.
Amy arrived in Buenos Aries on the 28th and we spent our time walking around town and doing more window (and actual) shopping then should be allowed in two days. On the first of October my friend, James, flew into town and that afternoon we walked over to La Bocca, a small barrio of Buenos Aries, to try to buy tickets to the Bocca futbol game. After blocks and blocks of walking and a short incident with a ticket scapler and the local police we had our tickets and walked in the best live sporting event I have ever been to. The fans are crazy and the entire stadium shook with all the excitment (literaly, I have never been really been afraid that a stadium would collapse on me until now), Bocca won, by the way. The next day we went to Evita´s grave and spent 3 hours in a cafe waiting out the rain and that night we took a bus headed toward Rosario. Honestly, because of my attempts to go somewhere creative, we wasted two days in tiny little towns with
The Day our Life Flashed Before Our Eyes
Since we bought from a scalper we sat in the cheap seats with the fanatic fanss, great fun! nothing to do and sleeping in hotels dirtier then I have ever dreamed of. By Wednesday we´d had enough and left that afternoon for Uruguay, the next three days were spent in the small, beautiful little beach town of Puenta de Esta. Even though we were there in the off season we were blessed with amazing weather which we took advatage of by renting bikes, relaxing in hammocks and laying on the beach. Yesterday we all headed back to Buenos Aries and James took off toward the airport to head home while Amy and I ran to the bus station and caught a bus to Bariloche (a small town a the top of Patagonia). We arrived this morning and our plan so far is to expore as much of the southern cone as possible before Amy has to leave.
Well, that´s all I´ve got for now, will update again soon. Hasta luego!
By the way, I wanted to add more pictures but my camera just died and I don´t currently have access to more batteries, sorry!
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argentina
don't you love the spanish accent agentinians (?) have, sounds like italians speaking spanish. from the sound of it, you may never be coming home to the USA - have fun