BOTTOM LINE:
Visit Igauzu Falls in the morning
Fly to Buenos Aires in the afternoon
BACK STORY:
After breakfast, we checked out of the Hotel Bemberg. We were told that the travel guide had called and would be delayed by 40 minutes do to an accident. Soon Constantina arrived with a driver, loaded up the car with our luggage and we left.
Apologies were made. There had been confusion about the schedule of events in this area. There was no local contact person to ask for clarification so we had hired a car, driver and paid for our entrance to the Igauzu Falls park the day before. We were finding out that we had duplicated what we had already paid for on our tour. We were about to repeat everything.
Unfortunately the traffic on the highway came to a screeching halt. The accident had not been cleared yet. It took two hours for us to clear the accident and make it to the falls. Thankfully we had been to the falls the day before and saw 2/3 of what we had wanted to see. With the loss of time, if worked out perfectly for us to visit the last part of the park, get a bite to eat and head to the airport.
Constantina was a fabulous guide. She related all of the information that we had read or been told by our trekking guide the day before. Repeats are alright!
We hiked to the lower falls and had an incredible view of the San Martin Fall, part of the Devil's Throat Fall and then finished off with a short walk to the Two Sister's Fall. Each was stunning.
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| Devil's Throat |
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| San Martin Falls with rainbow |
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| Wet from fall's mist |
he one thing that was immediately apparent was the fact that more water was spilling over the falls than the day before and there was no visible beach to the Island. The dam was letting more water out making the falls very full in size. They were absolutely wonderful to see with the midmorning lighting.
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| Twin Sister Falls |
Heading back to the entrance, we saw more butterflies and birds dancing from tree to tree. We settled on a light lunch at a kiosk and headed out the gate to meet our driver. Constantina motioned to the car which I headed for. Opening the door, the driver turned around from the front seat with a look of panic on his face, saying, "no, no!" I realized immediately that it was the wrong driver and the wrong car that I almost slid into! Good Laugh!
At the airport we were escorted to our check-in area and wished a safe trip.
Arriving in Buenos aires we were greeted by our former guide, Stella and a new driver who whisked us off to our Hotel Mitico. Check in was flawless, as we had stayed at the same hotel the prior week.
We had decided that with cash being tight, we would split a steak for dinner. We wanted our final expenses in Argentina paid with the cash that we had. If we charged anything, we would be given a lower exchange rate and there by be paying more. It turned out that splitting the steak, roasted vegetables and potatoes was the perfect size for each of us. The people of this country do love their large steaks. The server tried to persuade us into believing that the split steak would be too small for us. That wasn't the case.
We felt comfortable returning to Buenos Aires and were happy to be back to our lovely hotel.
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