So I arrived in Buenos Aires to a protest blocking the airport access road, which delayed my arrival into Palermo district of the city where Id be staying for one night whilst I waited for Karen to fly after we got confused about which flight I was on. With a day to kill, I met up with Natalie one of my coursemates from Bath, and went for ice cream a bit of shopping and a walk through a couple of parks. It was then time to head back to shower and get ready to go meet my Mexican friend from Santiago, Rupe, for dinner.
After walking the wrong way from the hostel, then the Subte (Underground) ticket office being closed, and going to the wrong hotel of the same name and the same distance from the main square, I finally made it and met up. We went down to Puerto madero where all the best steak restaurants are right on the waterfront. The whole experience was amazing and it was one of my best meals in my whole life-such good beef!!! The next day it was up early to head to Aeroparque and meet up with karen to catch our flight to Iguazú.
Secretly (or not so) I have been extremely excited for this part of the trip-for some reason I just love waterfalls. Well we arrived and it was so humid and hot- the day we arrived temperatures rose to 50 degrees. Luckily we had air con in the room but it was still incredibly hot. The next day we got up to head to the national park where the waterfalls are. You will see when I upload photos just how spectacular it was, we were left speechless before bursting into giggles and screams like little kids. We managed to easily fill our time before it was the hour to head on our tour we had booked. First we went out in a 4x4 into the jungle to learn about the flora and fauna. We saw creepy crawlies and giant spiders hanging in golden webs above our heads-I really took a dislike to the driver when he stopped so one was hanging above my head!!! Unfortunately we didnt get to see any Toucans, and we had already seen some monkeys and other birds earlier in the day. Next we donned our lifevests and headed into a speedboat down the rapids and into the waterfalls...it was mental. We have never got so wet in so little time in our whole lives!
The next day we headed over to Brasil just a 10 minute bus ride away to the border, and headed to their national park to see the falls from a different view. On the Brasilian side you get an overview of everything, and it was then that I realised the massive scale of these waterfalls... just awe inspiring. Also you get to walk right up to the waterfall in the Devil's Throat just a few inches away from touching the water- AMAZING. We decided we'd head back as we didnt know what time the buses left to Argentina nor where to get the bus. After some asking around in Spanish, as our Portuguese is just terrible we got on the bus, dropped off at the border and then waited an eternity to get the next bus into the town. Our time in the jungle was over but what an amazing time it had been. I went back for one night in Buenos Aires still mesmorized before heading for a week in Uruguay whilst waiting for mum to arrive-she will be here soon!
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