Puerto Iguazu
Finally some countryside!
05.02.2009
35 °C
The moment finally came.. we had both been dreading it.. a bus trip to Puerto Iguazu.. at the border between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.. Its no normal bs trip, its 16 straight hours of transit. Awesome.
We had pretty much walked every street of BA though, so we were ready as we heading to the omnibus (main bus station)... once we hopped on though we realised that the south americans travel in style.. The seats were huge and they went back 180 degrees, movies on flat screens.. sweet. Sam did her usual trick and passed out in about 4 seconds, so i woke here when dinner was served to us.. And to this day i have never been served a worse meal. I cant describe it here as i cant think of words that will convey the gut wrenching smell.. Anyway apart fromt that the trip was great, we both slept a full night and woke up just in time for coffee to be served.. noice.
Turns out the hostel inn Puerto Iguazu spent all their money on the pool and very little on the rooms. When we first arrived the place looked like a resort.. huge pool, bar, dancefloor etc. But when we got to out room it was pretty dingy. Last night marked our first attmept at dorms instead of private rooms, and it may well be our last. After a couple of drinks and diner we went to bed around 10.. There were two other occupied beds in our room but we had never met the inhabitants.. yet.
At around 1 the first one stumbled in and attempted to climb on the bunk above mine.. Later estimates would put thhe hulking mass of argentinian beef at about 350 pounds. i spent the first half hour after his arrival wondering if i would survive a collapsed top bunk accident.
When he finally made it onto the bed he procedded to start snoring like a chainsaw.. hten, at about 230, his mate turned up, completely blind, and went for a shower. He then came back and, standing about 3 feet from me, got nude and dired himself most theatrically, while the moonlight from the window gleamed sensually from his fat wobbly frame. It was a most enlightening experience and a solid case for shelling out the extra 10 bucks for a private room.
Now we are off the see the falls, have booked a boat ride thast takes you under the falls, lucky ive got a waterproof camera!
WnS x
Posted by willandsam 01:10 Archived in Argentina Tagged round_the_world
Thanks for ringing last night..So good to talk to hear your voice and that all is 'sweet'!!.. Hope the Falls were as amazing as they appear and were worth the interesting roommates and the bus trip!! XX
05.02.2009 by pammiemc