Blogs from Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 3

Hola Todos, Viajamos 3 horas en barco (Montevideo-Buenos Aires) y más de 18 horas en ómnibus para llegar a Puerto Iguazú. Un largo trayecto que merecía mucho la pena. Desde Puerto Iguazú visitamos el Parque Nacional de Iguazú : un día lluvioso del lado brasileño y dos días soleados del lado Argentino. Les dejo ver las fotos..las cataratas son hermosísimas, impresionantes, inmensas, potentes, ...nos quedamos pasmados, admirativos, hechizados... Hay que verlas..es demasiado difícil contar tanta belleza, tantas emociones. Además llegamos justo para festejar mi cumpleaños..fue un regalo muy original y bonito.. !Qué suerte ver a un tucán en la cumbre de un árbol, así que varios otros bichos en la selva alrededor de las cataratas! En la región visitamos también la represa de Itaipú, (piedra que canta, en guarani, el idioma de los Indios) construida en ... read more

Woke up and checked out of the hotel, we then walked down to the small beach by the river to sunbathe. There is only 1 beach, and it´s a private affair, so we paid our 2 pesos and sat in sun loungers listening to the barman pumping out the beatles and Bob Marley! We had the place to ourselves, and it was really hot. After 2 hours sitting in the same position, I realised we were both incredibly burnt. Fortunately my burns were grouped around my shoulders and chest, exaclty where my ruck sack would be in a matter of hours, which was going to make the trip to Rosario particularly enjoyable.... read more

Last day in Posadas. Once we packed all of our stuff, we were treated to a last meal with Aida and Maria, not sure what happened to the other 2 sisters, but at least the hot one was there! We were told all about how great Iguazu falls are, and were to go and what to do next. Really excited about getting to Iguazu and seeing what all the fuss is about. Got a taxi at 12:30 to take us to Posadas station for our 1:30am coach. Spent the entire journey bloody freezing, as I decided to wear shorts and flip flops on the coach, they had the air con on full so it was like a freezer. Really glad we booked tickets, as the bus stopped every half an hour to pick up more people ... read more

Thursday meat day today, and it was Anna and I who went with Reynaldo to get the food from the supermarket. We got to Reynaldo´s at 10, and all shared a mate in the truck on the way. Once we got to the park, we met Dan and started unloading the van which had even more than usual rotting vegetables which was lovely. We all seemed to be pretty used to cutting the meat, the smell, and the hundreds of flies, but Anna and I were glad this was our last time. Had our leaving party at Veronica´s house with all the other volunteers, the majority of who we had never even met! Really got on well with Barney, Charlie and James, but most of the others seemd very young and dull. Had food and ... read more

Meat day. It was Dan´s turn to go with Reynaldo to the supermarket, but due to miss communication, Reynaldo was a no show. Dan ended up waiting for hours in the blisstering heat and having to get the bus into work and wasn´t happy in the slightest. Reynaldo arrived in a panick with a truck full of birds. He mentioned something about illegal trafficking, whether or not he was the culprit or the savior is still in question. We unloaded al the birds which included parrots, a toucan and dozens of small birds in filthy cages. We gave them all clean water, and fortunately they all survived the apparent 200 mile trip in the back of his truck. We thought this might mean we had no meat today, but Reynaldo went off to collect the rotting ... read more