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!!!!