My second big trip in Argentina was to Iguazu Falls. They are in the province of Misiones which is in the northeast of the country and borders both Brasil and Paraguay. The bus ride is only 18 hours but i was lucky enough to get a seat under the dripping airconditioning. The busses are usually amazing and clean and nice and wonderful but this specific company happened to be awful and we starved because they didnt give us food. Anyway, we got to Iguaza in the afternoon and just walked around the 5 block town checking out touristy chachkies and trying to enjoy the 500% humidity. The next day we headed out to the falls VERY early in the morning and were some of the first people there. Did the whole park in a day: Devils Mouth, short circuit, Macuco Trail with a baby waterfall at the end, train ride, playing with butterflies, gawking at baby monkeys and sweating our lives away. I felt so small while watching the falls, so temporary and young. These things are hundreds of years old and SO SO powerful and beautiful and scary and breathtaking. That night we were pooped and cooked some delicious dinner at our hostel while deciding what to do the next day. Our final decision: do some tourist trap things in the morning, see Paraguay and Brasil from a "landmark" spot along the river ( pretty cool), yerba mate ice cream, house made of wood and then in the early afternoon head to San Ignacio a town 5 hours south. There we decided to explore the ruins and see what else there was to do. Turns out there was a HUGE storm, raining swimming pools on us so we only did the ruins and then drank mate in the hostel until our bus left for Posadas ( capital of Corrientes, the province below Misiones). From Posadas we took our bus home to Buenos Aires. On the way, i looked out my window and saw these incredible golden yellow lights painted across the sky and thought they were either the northern lights( which would be impossible bc i am in south america) or aurora borealis ( which would also be impossible). but it turns out that they are SOMETHING special, we just didnt know what. Enjoy the pictures!
the falls!!
cuahti( relative of both pel our cat and raccoons)
hot water machine for yerba mate addicts who need hot water all the time so that they can drink their mate aka every argentine
tucan and butterflies and monkey!
ruins in san ignacio
yerba mate ice cream for 4
3 borders point. you can see brazil and paraguay while standing in argentina...
pretty S-W-E-E-T
