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Hi All,
Just a quick update on recent news and travels. Hope to add more pictures and details on Puerto Iguazu in the next days but until then I wanted to bore you all with our bus journey from Puerto to Buenos Aires - where I am now typing this update.
So, we catch the bus from Puerto as scheduled at 7.15 with Via Barriloche. The bus was pretty good and the seats, blankets and pillows all a happy welcome. Brim and I settle ourselves down quite comfortably when Argentinan police with dog board the coach. OK no issues we have our passports to hand and obligingly hand them over to the guard. He asks a few questions and then moves on down the bus. 5 minutes later another guard appears - asks to see our documents (passports) and if we speak Spanish. I of course say no, Brim responds a little and he proceeds to direct all questions (for both of us) to Brim. Some of which she understood some of which, not so much! He couldn´t find our passport stamps (at first) and asked if we were married!!!! It was only after he had dissappeared we remembered the word Amigos and finally breathed out! A note to all, when on a bus near a border, unless you are fluent in the language pretend you are asleep otherwise you will be asked alot of questions!!! The guards deciding not to wake up the sleeping passengers all around us. Unlike however the Via Barriloche staff - the drama of the policia over we begin settling back into our seats and start sleeping (Brim in fact was then sleeping) when the bus attendant comes around with food trays!! They actually shook Brim awake to pass her the dried bread, salad and peaches and cream combinations!!! She looked half dead when she opened her eyes and asked what was going on. I had to admit it was for food and I didn´t wake her! It was pretty funny. Anyway, so we finally sleep and awake the next day - still on the bus (18 hours in total people) and they provide us with croissants and coffee for breakfast - we were awake this time though! They even stuck on a film, August Rush in English for us to enjoy for the last couple of hours of the journey. To our amazement however and to Brim´s verbal annoyance they stopped the film before the end. We don´t know if the young boy was reunited with his mother and father, nor do we know if the young couple got back together...the mystery will live with us until we can get back on a Via Barriloche bus! 😊
Also, on a side note - Comper, I finally read The Dice Man. I have never been more disturbed in my life! Brim is now starting to read it to so I have passed on your crazy recommendation, with quite a number of disclaimers.
Right, I am off to read up on United retaining the only trophy that REALLY matters and try some more Argentinian beer. Will update you all on Puerto Foz photos soon. And no, there are no bikini ones again!!
take care all, me 😊
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you should be cycling or walking..thunk of the environment!
quick note to ask who it was that requested an in depth description of every bus journey you take...I blame Comper! I for one would now like to vote for hearing more about the type of food you're eating...the dried bread and peaches combo literally made me salivate so I've been thorugh all your cupbpoards looking for sweets.. none found :-( so I had to eat a caramel egg and a Lindor chocolate. Tell Brim never to knock back free food ..it's the main reason for travelling from one place to another, otherwise we'd all just use teleports!! Love you, miss you, bye bye bye bye bye xxxx