I spent Sunday stuck in my room studying all day as I had an exam for one of my Argentine classes on Monday. I feel like it went really well! I should get my grade tomorrow. Tuesday I had class all day and then met up with my friends to leave for Iguazú. Our bus left about 9:00 p.m. and we spent 21 hours on the bus. It was only supposed to be 18 hours, but there was a protest that delayed us 3 hours. Luckily, our seats were very comfortable as we paid a little more to have the nicer seats. We ended up getting to Iguazú around 6 p.m., then we walked to our hostel which was only 3 blocks from the bus terminal. We showered, got settled in and then found somewhere to eat dinner.
Thursday, we got up bright and early to head to the Parque Nacional Iguazú to see the waterfalls. We spent the entire day there and it was absolutely incredible. It started off kind of cloudy, but was nice and sunny after lunch. There were two main trails that we walked. One took you up higher to see more of a panoramic view and then the lower trail took you closer to the falls. At one point, we were right up next to it and got quite wet! After walking both of the main trails, we took a small train to La Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) where you get to see where all the falls come together and it's huge and powerful. After heading back to the hostel, we went out and ate dinner and then spent some time at the hostel where they had live music out in the back.
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| Las Cataratas de Iguazú |
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| Me right in front of the falls! |
Friday, we got up and ready to go pretty early again. We checked out of the hostel, but they let us keep our stuff in a locker, so we didn't have to carry everything around all day. We took a cab to Güiraoga (Gwee-rah-OH-gah) which is a animal rehabilitation center. They take in animals that can't make it in the wild due to illness or being domesticated and they work with them to rehabilitate them. If the animals can survive in the wild again, they let them go, but if they can't then they stay in the center. There were many cool birds and monkeys at the center! After our guided tour, we headed back to the center and took another cab to las Tres Fronteras (the three borders) where you can see Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil all at one point. There are small obelisks at each observation deck that you can see. It was really neat! We decided to walk back to the center as it wasn't very far and then grabbed our stuff from the hostel and got on a bus to San Ignacio. San Ignacio was about 5 hours south of Iguazú and we got there around 9 p.m. Our bus dropped us off on the side of the road and told us which way to the center. After asking someone where our hostel was, we were on our way. We got to the hostel and then dropped our stuff off and found somewhere to go to dinner. San Ignacio is a very small town, so we didn't have many options.
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| Toucan at Güiraoga |
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| Me in front of the Argentine obelisk at Las Tres Fronteras. Paraguay is on the left and Brazil is on the right. |
Saturday, we walked from our hostel to San Ignacio Miní which are Jesuit Mission Ruins. They were built in 1610 and are still in pretty good condition. It was very cool to see them! After spending some time at the ruins, we ate lunch and headed back into town. We didn't have much time to do anything, so my friend Janell and I walked to the house of Horacio Quiroga (a famous writer), but we didn't have time to go inside. We met back up with Tracy and Tyler who took a quick bike ride to the river and then headed to the bus terminal. Our bus ride back was only 15 hours and was a lot smoother than the other trips.
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| Me in the archway of the church at San Ignacio Miní. |
Now I'm back in Buenos Aires studying for my Psychology exam on Tuesday!
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