Sunrise in Dallas

How appropriate since my trip started with a sunset there. The pict was taken as I was running to my gate with minutes to spare. I'm now all sweaty. Guess it'll wash off all the crust I accumulated from the trails. OK time to switch off phone. See you all soon.

Adios Iguazu

Guess I´m all ready to go. I just took my first long stroll in town for last minute purchases until the heat, more like the humidity, became unbearable. The fan in the picture has become my best friend since arriving in this small hotel. Can´t say I´ll have the same view from my computer at home. Anyway my taxi to the airport should arrive in about 15 min so I better get off and just chill for a while. Hopefully there are no strikes today. Adios

The last supper

I can´t believe this is my 2nd to last day in South America. Where has time gone?!??! :( As such I didn´t waste a minute of my time today. After gulping down one of the best breakfast I´ve had in a long time, I caught a bus to the National Park on the Argentinian side. I was told it would be more spectacular and I wasn´t deceived one bit. The Brazilian side offers a panoramic view but the Argentinian side plunges you right in it. Since I had seen the falls from the ground and the air, the last alternative was to see it from the water. Little did I know I would get soaked to the bones. They literarily bring you near the devils throat. It felt as if someone was throwing buckets of water at you. Of course I was wearing khaki pants because I decided to save on weight on my treks and left my shorts at home. Oh...and I was too cheap to buy new ones for the ride. No worries though my pants dried in a few minutes because of the intense heat since I´ve been here. Lets not even talk about the humidity. Never experienced anything like it. I guess there´s a reason for the tropical forest around here.

I took a few more shots of the Devils throat or Garganta del Diablo as it´s known here. The sheer amount of water coming down is just unbelievable. I´m told it makes the Niagara Falls look like a trickle. Guess I´ll have to check it out one day. I took tons of pictures as usual and hopefully one of them will do a good job at capturing the immensity of it all. Fingers crossed.
I know I´ve been complaining about eating too much meat but I couldn´t resist going back to yesterday´s restaurant and indulge in a thick juicy fleshy piece of meat yet again. That has to be the best restaurant I´ ve been in Argentina thus far. And all this for just US$17.00.

OK now you might ask yourselves why do I have a picture of a toilet bowl in this blog. Venture a guess? Again the scientist in me has always wondered if flushing the toilet in the southern hemisphere would result in the water swirling the other way. All truth be told having some object in the water at the time of flushing makes a world of difference in visualizing this physical phenomenon. I thought I´d spare you on the ¨object¨. :) Do notice my ¨original flip flops¨ from Brazil though.

Well tomorrow is my travel day. I´m flying back to Buenos Aires and then to California. I´ll send a last update if possible. Good night all.

For Molly

Today there were no Koreans, no French, no Italians & no Chinese to share my dinner with. Just a litter of cute kittens begging for a piece of my bife de chorizo, a thick and juicy sirloin steak that's very popular in Argentina. This blog is for poor Molly (our kitty) who's been hurting with a urinary track infection lately. Good night all. Hope to get at least 8 hours of sleep tonight. Man what a luxuary that would be. :)

This IS Iguazu!

Just a quick note that I got here in one piece despite having slept only a few hours in the past 2 days. Story of my life on this trip. I´ll need a vacation from my vacation. I just returned from Brazil where I saw the the Iguazu falls from the ground and .......from the air!!! I had my first helicopter ride ever. And to do it over the falls left me speechless. Not sure if I was more excited about the helicopter ride itself or the beauty of the falls. I´ll have to think about that one. OK gotta get off ´cause people want to use this machine. I´ll write more later if I can. Ciao...