WE FLEW IN TO LONDON ON THE 16TH FROM BUENOS AIRES PREPARING FOR A 15 HOUR FLIGHT VIA SAU PAULO IN BRAZIL. WE FLEW BRITISH AIRWAYS WHICH GAVE US GOOD FOOD, GOOD SERVICE, SO OVER ALL A GOOD FLIGHT. IT WAS QUITE BUMPY FOR A FEW HOURS WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP SO WE WERE REALLY TIRED WHEN WE GOT OFF. AFTER WE HAD CHECKED OUT, MY NANA HAD KINDLY ARRANGED A TAXI TO COME AND PICK US UP AND TAKE US TO MARIA'S HOUSE. SHE IS MUM AND DAD'S FRIEND WHO I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. SHE IS REALLY NICE AND FRIENDLY TO US! WE ARE STAYING AT HER HOUSE FOR 6 NIGHTS IN LONDON. WE WILL THEN CATCH A TRAIN TO TIM, BRIDGET, RACHEL, MATT AND MATTS KIWI'S GIRLFRIEND ALI'S HOUSE THAT WE WILL STAY AT FOR A WEEKOVER X-MAS. FROM THERE WE DROVE TO LONDON IN OUR NEW CAR TO STAY AT ELAINE AT FRANKS HOUSE (ELAINE IS MUMS FRIEND WHO SHE MET WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT) WE STAY THERE FOR 3 NIGHTS. NEXT WE GO TO ANNA , DONAL AND EMMAS PLACE WHERE WE STAY AT FOR A NIGHT. WE THEN GO TO A YOUTH HOSTEL THATS BACKED ON TO A PUB AND STAY THERE FOR A NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO ANDY'S PLACE IN SWANSEA. SWANSEA IS IN WALES AND WE WILL STAY THERE FOR 5 NIGHTS. THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO TIM AND BRIDGETS HOUSE WHERE WE WILL STAY FOR A FEW NIGHTS THEN TAKE THE CARAVEN TO PORTSMOUTH WHERE WE WILL CATCH THE OVER NIGHT 24 HOUR FERRY. IN LONDON WE WENT ON THE LONDON EYE, WE WENT THERE FOR ZOE'S BIRTHDAY ON THE 20TH. WE ALSO WENT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON AND SAW THE CROWN JEWELS THAT WERE AMAZING AND VERY SPARKLY. WE SAW THE TORTURE TOWER TOO WHERE THEY DID HORRIBLE THINGS TO HORRIBLE PEOPLE!! COOL!! WE STROLLED DOWN REGENT STREET, PICCADILLY CIRCUS, BANK STREET, CARNABY STREET AND SAW THE GREENWICH LINE! WE WALKED ROUND LEICSTER SQUARE AND TRAFALGER SQUARE AND SAW ALL THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS! THE NIGHT OF ZOE'S B-DAY WE WENT AND SAW A SHOW AT PICCADILLY THEATERE! GREASE! IT WAS AMAZING AND DEFINITELY AN EXPEREINCE!WE ALSO WENT ICE-SKATING!!
IN CREWE WE PLAYED IN THE SNOW AND MADE A SNOW BLOB, A SNOW ANGEL AND HAD A MASSIVE SNOW FIGHT WITH ZOE, MATT, RACHEL AND ALI!! CHRISTMAS WS REALLY NICE AND IT SNOWED!! YAY A WHITE CHRISTMAS!! GOT A PORTABLE DVD PLAYER, A FLUORO GREEN BEANIE, BOOK LIGHT, CARD BOOK, MICHAEL MORPUGO BOOK AND LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF!! WE WENT FOR A WALK AND IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, EVERYTHING WAS WHITE!
BACK IN LONDON WE DIDN'T DO MUCH BUT HAD A COOL NEW YEAR AND STAYED UP TO MIDNIGHT!! BOY WE'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN TILL 9 EVERY MORNING!
IN EAST GRINSTEAD WE SAW AN OLD JAIL HOUSE AND THE OLD CHURCH.IT WAS GREAT MEETING EVERYONE AND CATCHING UP WITH THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO N.Z!WE ONLY STAYED FOR ONE NIGHT WHICH WAS SAD COS EMMA IS 12 AND SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON WE'VE HAD TO PLAY WITH IN A WHILE!
WALES WAS AWESOME! WE WENT OVER THE SEVENS BRIDGE THAT IS QUITE FAMOUS AND TOOK LOADS OF SNAPS. ALL THE SIGNS WERE IN WELSH THEN IN ENGLIGH THOUGH NOT MANY PEOPLE COULD SPEAK FLUENT WELSH.ANDY WAS REALLY NICE AND HIS HOUSE WAS GREAT!! WE WENT AND SAW THE SWANSWEA MARKET AND TRIED LAVERBREAD THAT WASN'T VERY NICE AND COCKLES THAT WERE TINY AND DISGUSTING!! THOSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT COCKLES REALLY ARE!! MET SOME OF MY WELSH RELLIES AND THEY WERE COOL!! WENT TO THE BEAUTIFUL GOWER BEACH WITH ANDY WHO IS DAD'S COUSIN AND HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND AND 3 BOYS WHO ARE 5, 10 AND 13. WE ALSO WENT TO 3 CLIFFS BEACH. HAD A 5 HOUR BUS RIDE BACK TO CREWE AND HERE WE ARE!! TOMORROW MORNING AT 3 AM WE ARER GOING TO PORTSMOUTH TO CATCH THE FERRY AT 11:15 THAT MORNING. EXCITING!! WE ARE TAKING THE CAR AND CARAVAN AS WELL!! MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS!! HOPE EVERYONES HAVING FUN COS I AM!! BYE !!!!
HOLLY!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
BUENOS AIRES!
HI EVERYONE!!
IN BUENOS AIRES AT THE MOMENT AND HAVE BEEN SINCE FRIDAY. B.A IS THE CAPITAL OF ARGENTINA, IT IS A TOTAL OF 200 SQUARE KMS AND FULL OF STREET MARKETS, RESTAURANTS, FANCY HOTELS AND MOST OF ALL, LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE!! ON SATURDAY WE DIDN END UP DOING MUCH, WE WANDERED ROUND TOWN AND WHILE MUM AND ZOE WERE IN A PHONE BOOTH, ME AND DAD WERE LOOKING IN A SHOP ACROSS THE ROAD AND MUM AND <ZOE LEFT!! WE ALL WANDERED ROUND LOOKING FOR EACH OTHER, AFTER WAITING OUTSIDE THE PHONE BOOTH FOR 1/2 AN HOUR DAD AND I WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL AND WAITED FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WE DONE THE SMART THING : ) AND WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL TO MEET THEM THERE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO WE HEARD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND DISCOVERED WE BEEN PRATICALLY CHASING EACH OTHER!! WENT OUT TO A SORT OF INDOOR STREET MARKET AND FOUND A RESTAURANT FULL OF PEOPLE AND CHEAP COMBOS. ATE LUNCH THERE AND AS PART OF THE COMBO GOT DESSERT!YUM! EXPLORED THE STREETS A BIT MORE THEN DECIDED TO GO ON THE SUBWAY AS IT WOULD BE ZOE AND I FIRST TIME!! B.A IS THE BIGGEST CITY IE BEEN AND SAME WITH ZOE TOO! SUBWAY WAS COOL AND NOT AS PACKED AS WE THOUGHT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO LONDON MUM AND DAD BOTH SAID. HOME TO SKYPE A FEW PEOPLE AND CHILLAX. POPPED OUT TO THE SUPERMARKET AND BROUGHT ALL WE NEED FOR SPAG BOL, YUM! COOKED AND ATE THAT THEN WENT TO BED FOR A EARLYISH NIGHT.
SUNDAY WE DECIDED NOT TO GET LOST AND CAUGHT THE SUBWAY TO SAN TELMO WHERE THEY HOLD A FAIR SELLING ANTHIG FROM ANTIQUES TO SUGARED PEANUTS THAT`S HELD EVERY SUNDAY AND RUNS ALONG THE COBBLE STONE ROAD THAT`S CLOSED FOR THE DAY. DAD BROUGHT A NECKLACE THAT MUM LIKED FOR HER X-MAS PREZZIE BUT THAT WAS ALL. HAD LUNCH AT A LITTLE CAFE SURROUNDED BY CUTE OLD BUILDINGS AND HOUSES. ME AND ZOE HAD A SUBMARINE: A GLASS OF HOT MILK SERVED WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR THAT YOU DUNK INTO THE MILK AND STIR IT ROUND TILL THE CHOCOLATE MELTS, YUM!!!! WANDEDERED ROUND THE MARKETS SOME MORE AND BROUGHT SOME SUGARED PEANUTS THAT ARE RUMOURED TO BE DELISH! THEY WERE! CAUGHT A SUBWAY BACK TO FLORIDA STREET (OUR HOSTEL`S STREET) AND WANDERED ROUND THE SHOE SHOS TRYING TO FIND SOME GOOD COVERED SHOES FOR ZOE FOR EUROPE, NO SUCH LUCK AS ITŚ SUMMER HERE AND ALL THE SHOES ARE STRAPPY AND JANDALS OR CROCS, IF NOT THAT THEN ZOE WILL FIND SOME THING WRONG WITH THEM! WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL, READ A BIT BUT NONE OF US WERE AT ALL HUNGRY FOR DINNER AND T WAS GETTING QUITE LATE SO WE DECIDED TO GRAB A SUNDAE FROM BURGER KING (OF COURSE THEY HAVE ON HERE!!) SO MUCH FOR FAST FOOD, AFTER WAITING FOR DECADES IN THE QUEUE WE FINALLY GOT WHAT WE WANTED, GOBBLED IT DOWN THEN WENT TO BED.
MONDAY WE WENT ON A STRANGE BUS RIDE, A DOUBLE DECKER BUS BUT ON THE TOP LEVEL NO ROOF AND HEAD PHONES THAT WERE ALL BROKEN. THE ONE THAT WORKED TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT THE CITY AND BUILDINGS AS YOU DROVE PAST THEM, VERY TOURISTY!!! OUR FIRST STOP WE WERE AT A LAKE THAT WAS VER Y POLLUTED AND SMELT SOOO BAD! SAW A FEW PEOPLE DOING THE TANGO IN THE STREET THEN BROUGHT A DRINK COS WE WERE ALL PRATICALLY DYING OF THIRST. WENT TO CATCH A THE BUS TO THE NEXT STOP BUT WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR IT MUM WENT TO BUY SOME EMPANADAS FOR LUNCHAND AKE A PHONE CALL THE BUS ACTUALLY CAME AND ME, ZOE AND DAD COULDN`T GET ON OF-COURSE!!THE NEXT BUS TOOK AN HOUR TO COME SO WE WERE SITTING BY THE ROAD SIDE FOR AGES! UUGH!WE FINALLY GOT ON THE BUS AND STOPPEDFOR LUNCH AT A KIOSCO THAT SERVED LOTS OF ARGENTINIAN FOOD. ME AND ZOE HAD CHORIPAN HICH IS SAUSAGE IN BREAD BUT REALLY NICE. NEXT STOP WAS AT A CEMETRY WHERE LOTS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE BURIED ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY WERE IN LITTLE HOUSES AND IN SOME YOU SEE THE COFFIN! SCARY! WE AL FELT LIKE AN ICE CREAM... AND GUESS WHAT?! NEAR THE CEMETARY THERE WAS AHARD ROCK CAFE!!!!!! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS BUT MUM AND DAD SAID IT'S A AWESOME CAFE THAT PLAYS LOTS OF MUSIC AND IS A REALLY FMAOUS CAFE, YOU CAN ONLY GO TO THEM IN LONDON A ND SOME PLACES IN USA (PROBABLY OTHER PLACES BUT I DON'T WHERE!) ANY WAY IT'S REAAAALLY FAMOUS AND NOT MANY PEOPLE GO THERE! HAD A REALLY NICE ICE-CREAM THEN WALKED TO THE SUBWAY STATION AND CAUGHT A SUBWAY BACK TO THE HOSTEL. AT THE HOSTEL WE CHILLAXED FOR A WHILE THEN WENT IN SEARCH FOR A PLACE TO EAT. BUMPED INTO A RESTAURANT THAT WE WERE MEANING TO GO TO THAT WAS THE OLDEST CAFE STILL RUNNING IN THE WHOLE OF ARGENTINA, IT STARTED IN 1858!!! WOW! WE THEN FOUND OUT THERE WAS A TANGO SHOW STARTING AT 10:30PM THAT WAS QUITE CHEAP COMPARED TO SOME WE HAD SEEN ADVERTISED. WE GULPED DOWN OUR DINNER, BROUGHT OUR TICKETS AND WENT IN. WOW!! IT WAS AMAZING THE COUPLE DOING THE TANGO WERE DOING LOTS OF REALLY QUICK DANCE STEPS SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BEING FAST FORWARDED. THERE WERE TWO SINGERS SINGING ARGENTINIAN SONGS AND A GREAT LITTLE BAND WITH THE GRAND PIANO, ACCORDIAN AND ELECTRIC GUITAR, THE WERE REALLY GOOD AND THE TIMING WAS BRILLIANT!! ENDED UP GOING BACK AT 12:30 ALL REALLY TIRED BUT HAD A GRAT TIME! MISSING EVERY ONE HEAPS AND PREPARING FOR LOTS OF COLD SOO AS IT IS SNOWING IN LONDON!! BETTER MAKE THE MOST OF THE HEAT!! HAVING TONS OF FUN AND HAVING LOTS OF ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCES!! ADIOS!!
IN BUENOS AIRES AT THE MOMENT AND HAVE BEEN SINCE FRIDAY. B.A IS THE CAPITAL OF ARGENTINA, IT IS A TOTAL OF 200 SQUARE KMS AND FULL OF STREET MARKETS, RESTAURANTS, FANCY HOTELS AND MOST OF ALL, LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE!! ON SATURDAY WE DIDN END UP DOING MUCH, WE WANDERED ROUND TOWN AND WHILE MUM AND ZOE WERE IN A PHONE BOOTH, ME AND DAD WERE LOOKING IN A SHOP ACROSS THE ROAD AND MUM AND <ZOE LEFT!! WE ALL WANDERED ROUND LOOKING FOR EACH OTHER, AFTER WAITING OUTSIDE THE PHONE BOOTH FOR 1/2 AN HOUR DAD AND I WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL AND WAITED FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WE DONE THE SMART THING : ) AND WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL TO MEET THEM THERE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO WE HEARD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND DISCOVERED WE BEEN PRATICALLY CHASING EACH OTHER!! WENT OUT TO A SORT OF INDOOR STREET MARKET AND FOUND A RESTAURANT FULL OF PEOPLE AND CHEAP COMBOS. ATE LUNCH THERE AND AS PART OF THE COMBO GOT DESSERT!YUM! EXPLORED THE STREETS A BIT MORE THEN DECIDED TO GO ON THE SUBWAY AS IT WOULD BE ZOE AND I FIRST TIME!! B.A IS THE BIGGEST CITY IE BEEN AND SAME WITH ZOE TOO! SUBWAY WAS COOL AND NOT AS PACKED AS WE THOUGHT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO LONDON MUM AND DAD BOTH SAID. HOME TO SKYPE A FEW PEOPLE AND CHILLAX. POPPED OUT TO THE SUPERMARKET AND BROUGHT ALL WE NEED FOR SPAG BOL, YUM! COOKED AND ATE THAT THEN WENT TO BED FOR A EARLYISH NIGHT.
SUNDAY WE DECIDED NOT TO GET LOST AND CAUGHT THE SUBWAY TO SAN TELMO WHERE THEY HOLD A FAIR SELLING ANTHIG FROM ANTIQUES TO SUGARED PEANUTS THAT`S HELD EVERY SUNDAY AND RUNS ALONG THE COBBLE STONE ROAD THAT`S CLOSED FOR THE DAY. DAD BROUGHT A NECKLACE THAT MUM LIKED FOR HER X-MAS PREZZIE BUT THAT WAS ALL. HAD LUNCH AT A LITTLE CAFE SURROUNDED BY CUTE OLD BUILDINGS AND HOUSES. ME AND ZOE HAD A SUBMARINE: A GLASS OF HOT MILK SERVED WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR THAT YOU DUNK INTO THE MILK AND STIR IT ROUND TILL THE CHOCOLATE MELTS, YUM!!!! WANDEDERED ROUND THE MARKETS SOME MORE AND BROUGHT SOME SUGARED PEANUTS THAT ARE RUMOURED TO BE DELISH! THEY WERE! CAUGHT A SUBWAY BACK TO FLORIDA STREET (OUR HOSTEL`S STREET) AND WANDERED ROUND THE SHOE SHOS TRYING TO FIND SOME GOOD COVERED SHOES FOR ZOE FOR EUROPE, NO SUCH LUCK AS ITŚ SUMMER HERE AND ALL THE SHOES ARE STRAPPY AND JANDALS OR CROCS, IF NOT THAT THEN ZOE WILL FIND SOME THING WRONG WITH THEM! WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL, READ A BIT BUT NONE OF US WERE AT ALL HUNGRY FOR DINNER AND T WAS GETTING QUITE LATE SO WE DECIDED TO GRAB A SUNDAE FROM BURGER KING (OF COURSE THEY HAVE ON HERE!!) SO MUCH FOR FAST FOOD, AFTER WAITING FOR DECADES IN THE QUEUE WE FINALLY GOT WHAT WE WANTED, GOBBLED IT DOWN THEN WENT TO BED.
MONDAY WE WENT ON A STRANGE BUS RIDE, A DOUBLE DECKER BUS BUT ON THE TOP LEVEL NO ROOF AND HEAD PHONES THAT WERE ALL BROKEN. THE ONE THAT WORKED TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT THE CITY AND BUILDINGS AS YOU DROVE PAST THEM, VERY TOURISTY!!! OUR FIRST STOP WE WERE AT A LAKE THAT WAS VER Y POLLUTED AND SMELT SOOO BAD! SAW A FEW PEOPLE DOING THE TANGO IN THE STREET THEN BROUGHT A DRINK COS WE WERE ALL PRATICALLY DYING OF THIRST. WENT TO CATCH A THE BUS TO THE NEXT STOP BUT WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR IT MUM WENT TO BUY SOME EMPANADAS FOR LUNCHAND AKE A PHONE CALL THE BUS ACTUALLY CAME AND ME, ZOE AND DAD COULDN`T GET ON OF-COURSE!!THE NEXT BUS TOOK AN HOUR TO COME SO WE WERE SITTING BY THE ROAD SIDE FOR AGES! UUGH!WE FINALLY GOT ON THE BUS AND STOPPEDFOR LUNCH AT A KIOSCO THAT SERVED LOTS OF ARGENTINIAN FOOD. ME AND ZOE HAD CHORIPAN HICH IS SAUSAGE IN BREAD BUT REALLY NICE. NEXT STOP WAS AT A CEMETRY WHERE LOTS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE BURIED ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY WERE IN LITTLE HOUSES AND IN SOME YOU SEE THE COFFIN! SCARY! WE AL FELT LIKE AN ICE CREAM... AND GUESS WHAT?! NEAR THE CEMETARY THERE WAS AHARD ROCK CAFE!!!!!! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS BUT MUM AND DAD SAID IT'S A AWESOME CAFE THAT PLAYS LOTS OF MUSIC AND IS A REALLY FMAOUS CAFE, YOU CAN ONLY GO TO THEM IN LONDON A ND SOME PLACES IN USA (PROBABLY OTHER PLACES BUT I DON'T WHERE!) ANY WAY IT'S REAAAALLY FAMOUS AND NOT MANY PEOPLE GO THERE! HAD A REALLY NICE ICE-CREAM THEN WALKED TO THE SUBWAY STATION AND CAUGHT A SUBWAY BACK TO THE HOSTEL. AT THE HOSTEL WE CHILLAXED FOR A WHILE THEN WENT IN SEARCH FOR A PLACE TO EAT. BUMPED INTO A RESTAURANT THAT WE WERE MEANING TO GO TO THAT WAS THE OLDEST CAFE STILL RUNNING IN THE WHOLE OF ARGENTINA, IT STARTED IN 1858!!! WOW! WE THEN FOUND OUT THERE WAS A TANGO SHOW STARTING AT 10:30PM THAT WAS QUITE CHEAP COMPARED TO SOME WE HAD SEEN ADVERTISED. WE GULPED DOWN OUR DINNER, BROUGHT OUR TICKETS AND WENT IN. WOW!! IT WAS AMAZING THE COUPLE DOING THE TANGO WERE DOING LOTS OF REALLY QUICK DANCE STEPS SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BEING FAST FORWARDED. THERE WERE TWO SINGERS SINGING ARGENTINIAN SONGS AND A GREAT LITTLE BAND WITH THE GRAND PIANO, ACCORDIAN AND ELECTRIC GUITAR, THE WERE REALLY GOOD AND THE TIMING WAS BRILLIANT!! ENDED UP GOING BACK AT 12:30 ALL REALLY TIRED BUT HAD A GRAT TIME! MISSING EVERY ONE HEAPS AND PREPARING FOR LOTS OF COLD SOO AS IT IS SNOWING IN LONDON!! BETTER MAKE THE MOST OF THE HEAT!! HAVING TONS OF FUN AND HAVING LOTS OF ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCES!! ADIOS!!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
THE REST OF SAN IGNACIO, IGUAZU AND A LITTLE BIT OF BUENOS AIRES
HI EVERYONE AGAIN!!
WEDNESDAY WE WENT ON A GUIDED TOUR THAT STARTED AT 2PM AFTER A MORNING OF CHILLAXING BY THE POOL AND HAVING FUN ( YOUR ALLOWEED TO HAVE A POOL WITH OUT A FENCE HERE WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW IN N.Z!). THE TOUR STARTED WITH A VISIT TO A GUARANI HOME THAT LIVED OFF THE NATURE. THEY WERE VERY POOR AND THERE WERE 5 KIDS, IT WAS COOL SEEING HOW THEY LIVED BUT A LITTLE SAD TOO. HERE IN ARGENTINA THERE IS A BIG THING CALLED THE MISSIONS. 400 YEARS AGO THE SPANISH USED THE INDIANS LIVING IN ARGENTINA AS SLAVES. ONEDAY 2 GUYS CAME ALONG AND BUILT A VILLAGE FOR THE PEOPLE SO THEY WERE SAFE FROM THE SPANISH WHEN THEY CAME TO ARGENTINA. THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLED THE GUARANI PEOPLE AND THERE ARE STILL GUARANI PEOPLE HERE. ANY WAY AFTER BUYING A CUTE SOUVENIR FROM THE FAMILY WE HEADED OFF WITH THE WIND BLOWING IN OUR HAIR COS ZOE AND I WERE STANDING ON THE BACK OF THE UTE CLINGING ON TO NOTHING!! FUN!! IT WAS ROASTING HOT AND 80% HUMIDITY, YUCK! WE CAME TO THE RIVER THAT SEPARATES ARGENTINA FROM BRAZIL AND HEARD THATWE WERE GOING ON A HOUR WALK. IT WAS HORRIBLE!! IT WAS BOILING AND WE HAD TO CLIMB UP 240 STAIRS FROM WHERE WE TRAMPED 5KM UP AND DOWN STEEP AND SLIPPERY HIKLS WITH THOUSANDS OF ANNOYING MOSQUITOS BUZZING IN OUR EAR!! PLUS WE WEREŃT ALLOWED TO TALK TO THE GUIDE IN FRONT OF US COS HE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR SNAKES! YIKES! AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS WE WENT HOME AND HAD A NICE HOME MADE DINNER, WE ARE SOO GETTING SICK OF EATING OUT! CHATTED TO THE ENGLISH COUPLE WHO ARE STAYING IN OUR HOSTEL THEN WENT TO BED, REALLY TIRED!!!!!
THURSDAY WE HAD BREAKFAST THEN PACKED COS IT WAS OUR LAST DAY IN SAN IGNACIO! WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE RUINS QUICKLY BEFORE WE CAUGHT OUR 5 HOUR BUS RIDE TO IGUAZU! THE RUINS IS WHAT THE MISSION BUILT FOR THE GUARANI PEOPLE. IT WAS AMAZING! THE REMAINS ARE 400 YEARS OLD!!!! AFTER WE WENT TO THAT WE CAUGHT THE BUS ( AFTER A IRRESISTIBLE SWIM IN THE LUXURIOUS POOL) TO IGUAZU. OUR HOSTEL WE BOOKED THERE WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE BUS STATION SO WE GOT THERE SPEEDY. WE WENT TO RECEPTION TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN´T ALLOW KIDS!!! WE MANAGED TO PERSUADE THEM TO LET US IN AND WE SETTLED DOWN. WENT OUT FOR DINNER AND ME AND ZOE SHARED A MEAL THEN WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL, THE MEAL WAS GOOD BUT SMAL BETWEEN US SO WE HAD DESSERT FOR THE FIRST TIME. SORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING MISTAKES ALL THE LETTERS OF THE KEYS ARE RUBBED OFF!
ON FRIDAY WE WENT TO THE 5TH BIGGEST WATER FALLS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!! CAUGHT A BUS THERE FROM THE BUS STATION ACROSS THE ROAD, ARRIVED PAID OUR ENTRY AND EXPLORED!!! FIRST WE WENT TO THE UPPER VIEW WHERE YOU GOT TO SEE WHERE ALL THE FALLS STARTED! AN AMAZING SIGHT, JUST SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH WATER!!!! GOT A FAMILY PHOTO PROFFESIONALLY DONE THEN WENT TO DISCOVER THE REST OF ONE OF THE 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD. HAD A LOOK AT THE UPPER VIEW WHICH WAS A SMALL WALK ON A NICE PAVED TRACK (THE FALLS SET UP ISDONE REALLY WELL) AND SAW ALMOST ALL THE FALLS ON THE ARGENTINIAN SIDE FROM ABOVE. WE HAD MORNING TEA AND WAS DISTURBED BY A RACOON/ANT EATER ANIMAL THAT COULD BITE AND STOLE EVRYONES FOOD IN THE PARK! SOON WE GOT TO THE WET PART!! WE DECIDED TOP GO ON THE SPEED BOAT THAT TOOK YOU ALMOST UNDER NEATH ONE OF THE FALLS. BUT FIRST WE WENT ON THE BALCONY THING THAT GOT YOU DRENCHED WHILE YOIU WERE 10 METRES AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF LITRES OF WATER SCREAMING DOWN 70 METRES (!!!!) OF ROCK! ONCE WE WERE SOAKED WE BOUGHT OUR TICKETS AND WENT ON THE BOAT RIDE THAT GAVE YOU A WET AND DRY VIEW OF TWO OF THE MAIN FALLS. ON THE WET RIDE A MASSIVE WAVE WASHED OVER US AND WE ALSO GOT FIRED WITH WATER FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, WE WERE ALMOST UNDER-NEATH IT!! DRIP DRIED THEN WENT HOME ON THE BUS, DRENCHED, SUN BURNT BUT EXPLODING WITH EXCITEMENT!!! WENT ACCROSS THE ROAD FOR DINNER AND AHD A SORTA EARLY NIGHT FOR US (10:00PM.)
SATURDAY WAS OUR LAST DAY IN IGUAZU SO WE PACKED (ONCE AGAIN,) CLEARED OUR ROOM, THEN EXPLORED ROUND TOWN TILL IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO THE HOSTEL AND CATCH A TAXI TO THE DOMESTIC AIRPORT. WE WOULD CATCH A PLANE TO BUENOS AIRES TO STAY FOR 6 NIGHTS TILL FLYING TO LONDON!!!!!!!! AT THE AIRPORT WE CHECKED IN THEN ATE OUR EMPANADAS (SORT-OF ARGENTINIAN PIES). WE WERE FLYING OUT AT 1:20 BUT ENDED UP FLYING OUT AT 3:50 COS OUR FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR AN HOUR!! ON THE PLANE WE GOT A FEW SNACKS AND SOON ENOUGH WE WERE IN B.A! MUM HAD ORGANIZED A TRANSFER TO OUR HOSTEL SO WE THERE IN A FEW TICKS(AFTER COLLECTING OURLUGGAGE COS THERE WAS A THUNDER STORM WHEN WE LEAVING IGUAZU). OUR HOSTEL WAS A DISSAPOINTMENT. REALLY BUSY AND STERILE WITH ALL OF US SLEEPING ON BUNKS WHEN WE HAD PAID MORE TO HAVE DOUBLE AND 2 SINGLES! OUTSIDE THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN STREET AND A SORT OF MAKET RUNNING ALONG THE STREET SELLING ANYTHING FROM STAPLERS TO SHOES! ATE OUT THEN WENT TO BED.
MISSING EVERYONE SOO MUCH AND HAVING HEAPS OF FUN!! HOPE EVERYONES HAVING DUN BACK IN N.Z!!
BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEDNESDAY WE WENT ON A GUIDED TOUR THAT STARTED AT 2PM AFTER A MORNING OF CHILLAXING BY THE POOL AND HAVING FUN ( YOUR ALLOWEED TO HAVE A POOL WITH OUT A FENCE HERE WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW IN N.Z!). THE TOUR STARTED WITH A VISIT TO A GUARANI HOME THAT LIVED OFF THE NATURE. THEY WERE VERY POOR AND THERE WERE 5 KIDS, IT WAS COOL SEEING HOW THEY LIVED BUT A LITTLE SAD TOO. HERE IN ARGENTINA THERE IS A BIG THING CALLED THE MISSIONS. 400 YEARS AGO THE SPANISH USED THE INDIANS LIVING IN ARGENTINA AS SLAVES. ONEDAY 2 GUYS CAME ALONG AND BUILT A VILLAGE FOR THE PEOPLE SO THEY WERE SAFE FROM THE SPANISH WHEN THEY CAME TO ARGENTINA. THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLED THE GUARANI PEOPLE AND THERE ARE STILL GUARANI PEOPLE HERE. ANY WAY AFTER BUYING A CUTE SOUVENIR FROM THE FAMILY WE HEADED OFF WITH THE WIND BLOWING IN OUR HAIR COS ZOE AND I WERE STANDING ON THE BACK OF THE UTE CLINGING ON TO NOTHING!! FUN!! IT WAS ROASTING HOT AND 80% HUMIDITY, YUCK! WE CAME TO THE RIVER THAT SEPARATES ARGENTINA FROM BRAZIL AND HEARD THATWE WERE GOING ON A HOUR WALK. IT WAS HORRIBLE!! IT WAS BOILING AND WE HAD TO CLIMB UP 240 STAIRS FROM WHERE WE TRAMPED 5KM UP AND DOWN STEEP AND SLIPPERY HIKLS WITH THOUSANDS OF ANNOYING MOSQUITOS BUZZING IN OUR EAR!! PLUS WE WEREŃT ALLOWED TO TALK TO THE GUIDE IN FRONT OF US COS HE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR SNAKES! YIKES! AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS WE WENT HOME AND HAD A NICE HOME MADE DINNER, WE ARE SOO GETTING SICK OF EATING OUT! CHATTED TO THE ENGLISH COUPLE WHO ARE STAYING IN OUR HOSTEL THEN WENT TO BED, REALLY TIRED!!!!!
THURSDAY WE HAD BREAKFAST THEN PACKED COS IT WAS OUR LAST DAY IN SAN IGNACIO! WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE RUINS QUICKLY BEFORE WE CAUGHT OUR 5 HOUR BUS RIDE TO IGUAZU! THE RUINS IS WHAT THE MISSION BUILT FOR THE GUARANI PEOPLE. IT WAS AMAZING! THE REMAINS ARE 400 YEARS OLD!!!! AFTER WE WENT TO THAT WE CAUGHT THE BUS ( AFTER A IRRESISTIBLE SWIM IN THE LUXURIOUS POOL) TO IGUAZU. OUR HOSTEL WE BOOKED THERE WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE BUS STATION SO WE GOT THERE SPEEDY. WE WENT TO RECEPTION TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN´T ALLOW KIDS!!! WE MANAGED TO PERSUADE THEM TO LET US IN AND WE SETTLED DOWN. WENT OUT FOR DINNER AND ME AND ZOE SHARED A MEAL THEN WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL, THE MEAL WAS GOOD BUT SMAL BETWEEN US SO WE HAD DESSERT FOR THE FIRST TIME. SORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING MISTAKES ALL THE LETTERS OF THE KEYS ARE RUBBED OFF!
ON FRIDAY WE WENT TO THE 5TH BIGGEST WATER FALLS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!! CAUGHT A BUS THERE FROM THE BUS STATION ACROSS THE ROAD, ARRIVED PAID OUR ENTRY AND EXPLORED!!! FIRST WE WENT TO THE UPPER VIEW WHERE YOU GOT TO SEE WHERE ALL THE FALLS STARTED! AN AMAZING SIGHT, JUST SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH WATER!!!! GOT A FAMILY PHOTO PROFFESIONALLY DONE THEN WENT TO DISCOVER THE REST OF ONE OF THE 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD. HAD A LOOK AT THE UPPER VIEW WHICH WAS A SMALL WALK ON A NICE PAVED TRACK (THE FALLS SET UP ISDONE REALLY WELL) AND SAW ALMOST ALL THE FALLS ON THE ARGENTINIAN SIDE FROM ABOVE. WE HAD MORNING TEA AND WAS DISTURBED BY A RACOON/ANT EATER ANIMAL THAT COULD BITE AND STOLE EVRYONES FOOD IN THE PARK! SOON WE GOT TO THE WET PART!! WE DECIDED TOP GO ON THE SPEED BOAT THAT TOOK YOU ALMOST UNDER NEATH ONE OF THE FALLS. BUT FIRST WE WENT ON THE BALCONY THING THAT GOT YOU DRENCHED WHILE YOIU WERE 10 METRES AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF LITRES OF WATER SCREAMING DOWN 70 METRES (!!!!) OF ROCK! ONCE WE WERE SOAKED WE BOUGHT OUR TICKETS AND WENT ON THE BOAT RIDE THAT GAVE YOU A WET AND DRY VIEW OF TWO OF THE MAIN FALLS. ON THE WET RIDE A MASSIVE WAVE WASHED OVER US AND WE ALSO GOT FIRED WITH WATER FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, WE WERE ALMOST UNDER-NEATH IT!! DRIP DRIED THEN WENT HOME ON THE BUS, DRENCHED, SUN BURNT BUT EXPLODING WITH EXCITEMENT!!! WENT ACCROSS THE ROAD FOR DINNER AND AHD A SORTA EARLY NIGHT FOR US (10:00PM.)
SATURDAY WAS OUR LAST DAY IN IGUAZU SO WE PACKED (ONCE AGAIN,) CLEARED OUR ROOM, THEN EXPLORED ROUND TOWN TILL IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO THE HOSTEL AND CATCH A TAXI TO THE DOMESTIC AIRPORT. WE WOULD CATCH A PLANE TO BUENOS AIRES TO STAY FOR 6 NIGHTS TILL FLYING TO LONDON!!!!!!!! AT THE AIRPORT WE CHECKED IN THEN ATE OUR EMPANADAS (SORT-OF ARGENTINIAN PIES). WE WERE FLYING OUT AT 1:20 BUT ENDED UP FLYING OUT AT 3:50 COS OUR FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR AN HOUR!! ON THE PLANE WE GOT A FEW SNACKS AND SOON ENOUGH WE WERE IN B.A! MUM HAD ORGANIZED A TRANSFER TO OUR HOSTEL SO WE THERE IN A FEW TICKS(AFTER COLLECTING OURLUGGAGE COS THERE WAS A THUNDER STORM WHEN WE LEAVING IGUAZU). OUR HOSTEL WAS A DISSAPOINTMENT. REALLY BUSY AND STERILE WITH ALL OF US SLEEPING ON BUNKS WHEN WE HAD PAID MORE TO HAVE DOUBLE AND 2 SINGLES! OUTSIDE THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN STREET AND A SORT OF MAKET RUNNING ALONG THE STREET SELLING ANYTHING FROM STAPLERS TO SHOES! ATE OUT THEN WENT TO BED.
MISSING EVERYONE SOO MUCH AND HAVING HEAPS OF FUN!! HOPE EVERYONES HAVING DUN BACK IN N.Z!!
BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
MERCEDES, CANANA, SAN IGNACIO
HI!!!
CAUGHT A BUS ON SATURDAY TO A TOWN CALLED MERCEDES, WHERE A LADY CAME AND MET US AT THE BUS STOP AND CALLED US A TAXI TO OUR HOSTEL. IT WAS A NICE QUIET TOWNAND LOTS OF COW BOYS RIDING PAST ON HORSES ALL DRESSED UP IN THE PROPER GEAR WITH WHIPS, OLD SADDLES, COWBOY BOOTS AND HAT!! HOW WEIRD! WANDERED ROUND TOWN THERE THEN HAD A YUMMY HOME-MADE DINNER IN THE PATIO OF STEAK, SAUSAGES AND VEGGIES.
THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK A 4X4 TO A MINISCULE VILLAGE CALLED COLONIA PALLIGRINI (I CALL IT CANANA COS IT IS TOO HARD TO REMEMBER!) IT WAS A 2 HOUR JOURNEY WHICH IS VERY SHORT TO THE 22 HOUR BUS RIDE WE´VE BEEN ON!
WOW, CANANA LOOKED LIKE IT WAS LEFT BEHIND IN TIME!! MORE COW BOYS AND OLD RICKETY HOUSES AND VERY FEW SHOPS. YOU CAN´T EVEN BUY BREAD, THERE IS NO SUPER MARKET!! STAYED THE NIGHT IN ANOTHER HOSTEL THAT WAS VERY AVERAGE. MUM AND DAD´S ROOM WAS TINY AND HAD NO BATHROOM BUT ZOE AND MINE WAS QUITE BIG AND HAD ONE THAT OF-COURSE MUM AND DAD USED. THE DINING ROOM HAD A PING PONG TABLE AND A VERY CREEPY LIGHT THAT WAS A SHEEPS SKULL WITH THE LIGHT BULBS AS EYES!! YUCK!!
WE WERE GOING TO STAY 2 NIGHTS BUT SINCE THE PLACE ISN´T THAT GREAT WE ARE ONLY STAYING ONE. MONDAY WE TOOK A GUIDED TOUR OF THE LAKE BY CANANA ON A SMALL MOTOR POWERED DINGHY. IT WAS AMAZING, WE SAW HEAPS OF DIFFERENT BIRDS LIKE KING-FISHERS, GREEN BIRDS, BLACK BIRDS WITH BEAUTIFUL RED HEADS AND A PRETTY, SHINY BLACK BIRD THAT´S NAME HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH COWS! WE ALSO SAW THE BIGGEST DEER IN SOUTH AMERICA CALLED MARSH DEER AND A NATIVE ANIMAL THAT IS THE BIGGEST RODENT IN THE WORLD CALLED CAPPY BARRAS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE ZOO, THAY ARE SO CUTE AND WE SAW SO MANY OF THEM, WE ALSO SAW LOTS OF CROCS CALLED CAIMON!
WE PACKED THEN CAUGHT A 4X4 TO A PLACE CALLED POSADAS FROM WHERE WE CAUGHT A BUS TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION CALLED SAN IGNACIO. IT WAS BOILING HOT!! WAY INTO THE 30s! AFTER A LOOONG BORING TALK ABOUT HOSTELS TO A RANDOM INFORMATION GUY WE FOUND A REALLY FLASH BUT CHEAP HOSTEL WITH A POOL, POOL, FOOSEBALL, PING PONG AND LOTS OF OTHER GREAT THINGS! DECIDED TO STAY 2 NIGHTS HERE!
MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS AND KEEPING UP WITH MY TRAVEL DIARY, JUST!! HAVING FUN, BYE!!!!
CAUGHT A BUS ON SATURDAY TO A TOWN CALLED MERCEDES, WHERE A LADY CAME AND MET US AT THE BUS STOP AND CALLED US A TAXI TO OUR HOSTEL. IT WAS A NICE QUIET TOWNAND LOTS OF COW BOYS RIDING PAST ON HORSES ALL DRESSED UP IN THE PROPER GEAR WITH WHIPS, OLD SADDLES, COWBOY BOOTS AND HAT!! HOW WEIRD! WANDERED ROUND TOWN THERE THEN HAD A YUMMY HOME-MADE DINNER IN THE PATIO OF STEAK, SAUSAGES AND VEGGIES.
THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK A 4X4 TO A MINISCULE VILLAGE CALLED COLONIA PALLIGRINI (I CALL IT CANANA COS IT IS TOO HARD TO REMEMBER!) IT WAS A 2 HOUR JOURNEY WHICH IS VERY SHORT TO THE 22 HOUR BUS RIDE WE´VE BEEN ON!
WOW, CANANA LOOKED LIKE IT WAS LEFT BEHIND IN TIME!! MORE COW BOYS AND OLD RICKETY HOUSES AND VERY FEW SHOPS. YOU CAN´T EVEN BUY BREAD, THERE IS NO SUPER MARKET!! STAYED THE NIGHT IN ANOTHER HOSTEL THAT WAS VERY AVERAGE. MUM AND DAD´S ROOM WAS TINY AND HAD NO BATHROOM BUT ZOE AND MINE WAS QUITE BIG AND HAD ONE THAT OF-COURSE MUM AND DAD USED. THE DINING ROOM HAD A PING PONG TABLE AND A VERY CREEPY LIGHT THAT WAS A SHEEPS SKULL WITH THE LIGHT BULBS AS EYES!! YUCK!!
WE WERE GOING TO STAY 2 NIGHTS BUT SINCE THE PLACE ISN´T THAT GREAT WE ARE ONLY STAYING ONE. MONDAY WE TOOK A GUIDED TOUR OF THE LAKE BY CANANA ON A SMALL MOTOR POWERED DINGHY. IT WAS AMAZING, WE SAW HEAPS OF DIFFERENT BIRDS LIKE KING-FISHERS, GREEN BIRDS, BLACK BIRDS WITH BEAUTIFUL RED HEADS AND A PRETTY, SHINY BLACK BIRD THAT´S NAME HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH COWS! WE ALSO SAW THE BIGGEST DEER IN SOUTH AMERICA CALLED MARSH DEER AND A NATIVE ANIMAL THAT IS THE BIGGEST RODENT IN THE WORLD CALLED CAPPY BARRAS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE ZOO, THAY ARE SO CUTE AND WE SAW SO MANY OF THEM, WE ALSO SAW LOTS OF CROCS CALLED CAIMON!
WE PACKED THEN CAUGHT A 4X4 TO A PLACE CALLED POSADAS FROM WHERE WE CAUGHT A BUS TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION CALLED SAN IGNACIO. IT WAS BOILING HOT!! WAY INTO THE 30s! AFTER A LOOONG BORING TALK ABOUT HOSTELS TO A RANDOM INFORMATION GUY WE FOUND A REALLY FLASH BUT CHEAP HOSTEL WITH A POOL, POOL, FOOSEBALL, PING PONG AND LOTS OF OTHER GREAT THINGS! DECIDED TO STAY 2 NIGHTS HERE!
MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS AND KEEPING UP WITH MY TRAVEL DIARY, JUST!! HAVING FUN, BYE!!!!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
EVEN MORE PICS!
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HEY HERE ARE EVEN MORE PICS!! YAY! FINALLY GOT ROUND TO DOWNLOADING THEM!! I'M GOING TO DO THEM 4 AT A TIME.
HOPE YOU LIKE!
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| THE BEAUTIFUL WHALES |
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| ON THE BOAT!! |
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| MT. OSORNO IN THE SUNSET |
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| THE AMAZING WATER FALLS |
Thursday, December 2, 2010
RISSARIO
HI! WE ARE IN RISSARIO NOW WHERE THE HEAT IS UNIMAGINABLE! IT IS ABOUT 35 HERE AND IN JAN IT CAN GET UP TO 50!! YESTERDAY WE WENT TO A MASSIVE TOWER THAT THE ARGENTINIAN FLAG WAS CREATED IN. VERY INTERESTING AND LEARNT LOTS OF THINGS! AFTER WE WENT TO THE BEACH. IT IS THE RIVER BEACH AND THE WATER LOOKS LIKE CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE AND THE BOTTOM IS LIKE A SLIPPERY MUD! YOU COULD ONLY GO UP TO A CERTAIN DEPTH THOUGH. THERE WAS A PUBLIC BEACH THAT WE WENT TO AND THERE WAS ALSO A PRIVATE BEACH THAT YOU HAD TO PAY 8 PAESOS TO GET IN TO. THE PUBLIC BEACH WAS GREAT THOUGH AND WE SWAM LOTS! WE WENT BACK TO THE HOSTEL THEN ME AND MUM WENT SHOPPING SO I COULD GET SOME SUMMER P.JS( THE NIGHTS ARE BOILING, OUTSIDE IT SEEMS TO GET HOTTER AND HOTTER!) GOT SOME COOL ONES WITH KIWI LIKE SHEEP ON THEM! CUTE!
WE GOT HERE BUY BUS FROM PUERTO MADRYN ON A 18 HOUR BUS RIDE!! ARGENTINA IS HUGE! THE BUS´S HERE ARE REALLY COMFY, YOU GET FEED DINNER, BREKKIE AND SNACKS! THE SEATS CAN STRETCH OUT ALMOST HORIZONTAL AND THEY ARE COMFIER THAN A PLANE. IT IS A DOUBLE DECKER BUS SO IT WAS ZOE AND MINE FIRST TIME ON ONE. 15 MINUTES LATER WE HAD TO CATCH A BUS FROM BEANOS AIRES THAT LASTES 4 HOURS TO RISSARIO. ME AND ZOE GOPT TO SIT AT THE TOP LEVEL AT THE VERY FRONT, WE COULD SEE OUT THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS AND I WAS SITTING ON THE DRIVERS HEAD!! HEHEHE!
QUICK NOTE: THERE IS 3 PAESOS TO THE N.Z $
RANDOM FACT: SEA ELEPHANTS CAN DIVE 1500 METRES DEEP AND CAN SWIM 100KM NON-STOP!! WOW!
HAVING A GREAT TIME AND MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS, ADIOS!!!
WE GOT HERE BUY BUS FROM PUERTO MADRYN ON A 18 HOUR BUS RIDE!! ARGENTINA IS HUGE! THE BUS´S HERE ARE REALLY COMFY, YOU GET FEED DINNER, BREKKIE AND SNACKS! THE SEATS CAN STRETCH OUT ALMOST HORIZONTAL AND THEY ARE COMFIER THAN A PLANE. IT IS A DOUBLE DECKER BUS SO IT WAS ZOE AND MINE FIRST TIME ON ONE. 15 MINUTES LATER WE HAD TO CATCH A BUS FROM BEANOS AIRES THAT LASTES 4 HOURS TO RISSARIO. ME AND ZOE GOPT TO SIT AT THE TOP LEVEL AT THE VERY FRONT, WE COULD SEE OUT THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS AND I WAS SITTING ON THE DRIVERS HEAD!! HEHEHE!
QUICK NOTE: THERE IS 3 PAESOS TO THE N.Z $
RANDOM FACT: SEA ELEPHANTS CAN DIVE 1500 METRES DEEP AND CAN SWIM 100KM NON-STOP!! WOW!
HAVING A GREAT TIME AND MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS, ADIOS!!!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
EL BOLSON AND PUERTO MADRYN
HI EVERYONE! HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME AND SEEING AND DOING HEAPS. THANKS FOR COMMENTING ON MY PHOTOS! JUST CAME BACK FROM WHALE WATCHING THAT WAS JUST BREATH TAKING - CAN'T DESCRIBE IT IN WORDS! SAW TWO WHALES AND THEIR CALVES AND TWO ADULT WHALES PLAY FIGHTING - I THINK. YESTERDAY WE WENT AND SAW THE WELSH VILLAGES. THERE WERE LOTS OF TEA HOUSES WE WANTED TO ADVENTURE INTO BUT THEY ONLY WERE OPEN IN THE AFTERNOON. INSTEAD WE WENT INTO A BAKERY AND THE OWNER GAVE US A GUIDED TOUR OF WHERE THEY MAKE THE BREAD, PIZZAS, CROISSANTS, TEA CAKES, PASTRIES AND LOTS OF OTHER DELICIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS A DELICIOUS SWEET FOOD HERE CALLED DULCE DE LECHE THAT IS A EXTREMELY RICH CARAMEL LIKE THICK SAUCE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON ALMOST EVERYTHING. IT IS JUST MILK AND SUGAR THAT YOU HAVE TO STIR FOR FOUR HOURS TO MAKE!!!
WENT TO THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM TOO AND WHILE WE WERE THERE MUM'S NEW SKETCHERS WERE STOLEN OUT OF THE CAR!
TO GET HERE FROM EL BOLSON WE HAD TRO GO ON A 12 HOUR BUS RIDE ACROSS ARGENTINA IN SEATS THAT COULD GO ALMOST HORIZONTAL AND WERE MORE COMFY THAN A PLANE! IT WAS A NIGHT RIDE AND I SLEPT WELL, THOUGH MUM, DAD AND ZOE DIDN'T REALLY. OUR HOSTEL IS CALLED CANTALEJO AND HAS REALLY FRIENDLY STAFF, NICE PLACE BUT ONA REALLY BSY ROAD SO IT'S REALLY NOISY AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE SEEN ELEPHANT SEALS SO CLOSE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM, PENGUINS, SEA LIONS AND FUR SEALS! ALL BIG BEAUTIFUL CREATURES THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. OUR ACCOMDATION IN EL BOLSON WAS AMAZING, IT WAS A CUTE LOG CABIN WHERE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OUT OF WOOD, CHAIRS, TABLES, BEDS, KITCHEN APPLIANCES AND MUCH MUCH MORE. PLUS IT WAS THE SAME PRICE AS OUR HOSTEL IN BARILOCHE. OUR HOSTEL WAS A BASIC ONE THOUGH IT HAD ALL THAT WE NEEDED: BATHROOM BEDS AND KITCHEN USE. STAYED THERE FOR 3 NIGHTS AND DID LOTS. IT'S THE CHOCOLATE AND ICE-CREAM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO VISIT AT LEAST ONE OF THE 14+ CHOCOLATE SHOPS THERE AND TRY THE BEST ICE-CREAM IN THE WHOLE OF BARILOCHE! MISSING EVERYONE SOOO MUCH IN NEW ZEALAND, HAVING FUN!
ADIOS!
WENT TO THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM TOO AND WHILE WE WERE THERE MUM'S NEW SKETCHERS WERE STOLEN OUT OF THE CAR!
TO GET HERE FROM EL BOLSON WE HAD TRO GO ON A 12 HOUR BUS RIDE ACROSS ARGENTINA IN SEATS THAT COULD GO ALMOST HORIZONTAL AND WERE MORE COMFY THAN A PLANE! IT WAS A NIGHT RIDE AND I SLEPT WELL, THOUGH MUM, DAD AND ZOE DIDN'T REALLY. OUR HOSTEL IS CALLED CANTALEJO AND HAS REALLY FRIENDLY STAFF, NICE PLACE BUT ONA REALLY BSY ROAD SO IT'S REALLY NOISY AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE SEEN ELEPHANT SEALS SO CLOSE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM, PENGUINS, SEA LIONS AND FUR SEALS! ALL BIG BEAUTIFUL CREATURES THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. OUR ACCOMDATION IN EL BOLSON WAS AMAZING, IT WAS A CUTE LOG CABIN WHERE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OUT OF WOOD, CHAIRS, TABLES, BEDS, KITCHEN APPLIANCES AND MUCH MUCH MORE. PLUS IT WAS THE SAME PRICE AS OUR HOSTEL IN BARILOCHE. OUR HOSTEL WAS A BASIC ONE THOUGH IT HAD ALL THAT WE NEEDED: BATHROOM BEDS AND KITCHEN USE. STAYED THERE FOR 3 NIGHTS AND DID LOTS. IT'S THE CHOCOLATE AND ICE-CREAM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO VISIT AT LEAST ONE OF THE 14+ CHOCOLATE SHOPS THERE AND TRY THE BEST ICE-CREAM IN THE WHOLE OF BARILOCHE! MISSING EVERYONE SOOO MUCH IN NEW ZEALAND, HAVING FUN!
ADIOS!
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