Up to now we've managed to avoid the tourist bubble but we're now in a place where that's impossible. If you've ever played "Curse of Monkey Island" or "Escape from Monkey Island" then you'll know that there's a couple of points where Guybrush Threepwood gets stuck in a tourist trap. Well, that's what Puerto Iguazú feels like. Everywhere you look there's people selling cute necklaces for you to buy or groovy bars for you to dance in or charming restaurants for you dining pleasure.
We're staying in the Marco Pollo Inn which is quite a decent place. It's sort of open plan, even with an open air kitchen which is something I've never encountered before. Iguazu National Park itself feels a lot like the Eden project. It's doing a good thing but it does it amidst fast food stalls, ice cream etc etc. None of this can detract from the sheer beauty of the falls though. I have never seen anything like it and I have never seen as much water in all my life. We took a load of photos which you can see on Flickr but the simply don't do it justice. One day you'll have to come here for yourself and see it. There's mad racoons who try and nick your lunch but we managed to escape them
An Argentinian style pizza was the result of our kitchen/supermarket efforts this evening and tomorrow we bid farewell to Argentina and head to Brazil where we are staing with two more Couchsurfers before the big Hathaway family reunion in Rio de Janiero. It's all still to come and you'll only read about it here so keep following!Love to all.
Loved the school photos. The kids look as if they are having a ball. Yes, Sooz and I would never get out of that graveyard. Never seen anything like it.
ReplyDeleteSo glad everything is going well. Just back from Inversnecky, Audrey sends her love.
Take care both -enjoying the blog and photos,
Love Winny