I have just spent the last week in Misiones, at the Iguazu Falls. They are incredible!!!! I went two days to the Argentina side of the falls and I cannot go to Brasil or Paraguay, which are both right here, because of the visa costs for United States citizens. We charge EVERYBODY and so they charge us, so it goes. But I rented a bike and biked to the triple border and saw Paraguay, Brasil, and Argentina all at the same time!!! The climate and wildlife here is super different from anything I have ever seen, and so I also tried to bike for a while in the forest but its so touristy here that everything was still pretty developed. Still, I have seen monkeys, lizards, parrots, weird bugs, coatis (like an opossum) and a million new plants.
The youth hostel where I am staying is really nice. I have a room that I share with three other girls and we have airconditioning at night! And the bathrooms and kitchen are nice too. I am enjoying cooking on the outdoor stove, swimming in the pool, reading Harry Potter 7 in Spanish in the hammoks, and eating the mangos that are harvested every morning from our personal mango tree!!!! It is such a relaxing summer vacation.
Unfortunately my camera broke, so all the pictures I put here of the falls are REALLY crappy phone camera pictures. Hopefully a nice German girl I met at the falls who had a really nice camera and took a picture of me will remember to send me her photos.
It looks like I have found another farm to volunteer on in this area for around two weeks, so that I do not have to do the 21 hour bus ride back down south twice in one week. When I am there I will tell you how it is. But for now I have two more days booked at the hostel and I am enjoying meeting people from all around the world and practicing my Spanish!
Pictures (I just figured out the phone camera was dirty too, you have no idea how upset I am...)
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Lots of love!
Esther
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