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Iguazu



Hola,

I am currently on tour with the girls Gloria and Dolly. We first made our way to Iguazu on Monday. We had quiet a posh bus trip with bubbles included. Yes ladies of leisure together with our socks and flip flops. Just on the outskirts of Iguazu you can see that some investment has started to step up. Saw mills and timber yards are very common here. You will be going through forest, then suddenly pass small towns where a concrete block with two young lovers sitting outside hand and hand with a sign above them saying "barpool" which I presume is the local entertainment. There was quiet a funny sight when we went under a walk overpass. When I took a double look it appeared to have wheels at the bottom. I could imagine locals wheeling it up and down the road depending on where they wanted to cross. The outskirts of Iguazu are a mixture of steel and glass building to little communites of wooden huts.

Iguazu falls has to be undoubtedly one of the most amazing places Ive seen, there are butterflies everywhere and the falls are spectacular. Is really awesome until one too many butterflies try to flutter in your mouth.

We only stayed for the falls and decided to move on, so we swung the finger over the map and landed on Corrientes as it was on the way to Salta one of our planned stops. The bus trip was an experience an a half. We were close to the border of Paraguay at one point where military police boardered to check passports, rummage through on board luggage and then also search under the bus taking half an hour each. Not an average bus experience, and did get me thinking about why it happened, but bleary eyed at the time I didn't ask questions, and got back on the bus.

Corrientes is a sweet little town where people have openly come up to me and point to my blue eyes and said you're not from around here.  I must say we smelt bad after the bus trip, with some of the air conditioner water dripping on us, and sleeping in our clothes.  The smell from our clothes sent to a laundry was probably one I wish to forget - yuck!  But onwards to Salta a little more fresh

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Maria said…
Wow Sara - that waterfall pic is fantastic!

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