Esteros del Ibera

El mejor cosa sobre viajando esta que encontrar personas muy amable y amistosa. Tenia encontrar muchas personas muy buena. También esta grande para mi español porque necesite que hablar mucho a la gente.

The best thing about travelling is the kind and friendly people that your meet. I have encountered so many very nice people. It has also been very good for my Spanish because I needed to talk alot.
Much as I would like to, I cant take the credit for this monkey photo. My camera just couldnt see them in the trees....I promise they were there 'monkeying' around. The only reason I knew to look up cos there was probably something there, was because something hit me on the head. One of them threw something down at me.....Little Monkeys!

Esteros del Iberá Natural Reserve is located in the province of Corrientes. The word Iberá is formed by two words of the guaraní language: ¨Î¨, water, and ¨berá¨, brilliant. The Castilian translation is something like Shining Water. It is another truly magical place where you can find many species of flora and fauna native to Argentina. Many Yacare (alligators), carpincho, curiyu (yellow anaconda) - I didnt see any of these as it wasnt the right season for them to be around much, and many impressive bird species.

Ruinas de San Ignacio

The Ruinas de San Ignacio are also a declared UNESCO site. They are located at San Ignacio which is about a five hour drive in the collectivo from Iguazu along the road to Posadas, going along the border with Paraguay. It is a very small town, probably quite alot of poverty but they have the wonderfully well preserved ruins there. The photos show the mission at night, me sitting in one of the rooms and the main street down to the ruins with the street vendors all along the footpath. We stayed the night there and next morning caught a bus to Posadas. I sat next to a very lovely local lady named Marta who happily chattered away to me in Castellano for the journey - very encouraging because I could understand and speak with her with little bother.

Cataratas

Parque Nacional Iguazú was created in 1934 and the sub-tropical rainforest covers an area of approximately 67,620 hectares. It is now a declared UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This natural sanctuary is located in the far NE and experiences extremely high levels of humidity. The Iguazú River flows for approximately 1320km until its outlet in the Paraná. Its width generally varies between 500 and 1000m however within the park it broadens to 1,500m. A sudden drop in altitude here is the reason for the impressive water falls which form the main attraction of the park. Iguazú (Yguazu in Guarani) means Y = agua and Guazu = grande, entonces translated means Big Water.

The park is renowned for its natural heritage. There are numerous varieties of butterflies, the most impressive are bright blue and as big as your hand - spectacular! The Toucan, which you would swear is an enormous stuffed toy...until it flies - stunning. Tambien, many plants and other birds and animals, insects abound. Carpinchos, Coaties, Monkeys - the list goes on! So very impressive. One of those things you really cant describe the splendour of - you need to see it for yourself.

Went on a launch boat with two very amiable chappies - Nelson and Oscar - we shared the mate, and also went to Los Tres Fronteras, which is the confluence of the two rios (Parana y Iguazu). There, you can almost reach out and touch three countries - Brasil, Paraguay y Argentina. All very close to each other. If it wasn't for the Yacare (alligators) you could swim betwewen all three in a matter of half an hour or so. See the photo - Argentina is on the left, Brasil on the right and Paraguay straight ahead. And thats us sharing mate in the launch. Later that evening we shared an asado together - great way to end the day.

Temaiken

Rosemary y yo fuimos al Temaiken. Temaiken esta el mejor zoologico en el mundo - en serio! Para mi, los flamencos eran el mejor....muy hermoso, barbaro. No podria creer el color - muy intenso. Era como un pequeño niño - mis ojos no podrían parar el mirar de ellos.

Rosemary and I went to Temaiken. Temaiken is the best zoo in the world-seriously! For me the flamencos were the best...very beautiful, amazing. I could not believe the colour - very intense. I was like a little child - my eyes could not stop looking at them.

Tambien, el mono - he tenido siempre una fascinacion con los monos. Este mono no tuvo gusto de su foto tomada y él saltó en mí - afortunado el vidrio estaba allí.

Also the monkey - I have always had a fascination with monkeys. This monkey did not like having his photo taken and jumped at me - luckily the glass was there. Check out the link below.

www.temaiken.org.ar

En Buenos Aires es que bueno donde puede a ir para un peso. Nosotras viajemos por una hora y quince minutos en el collectivo para conseguir ahi para solamente cinco pesos. Para un peso puede ir dondequier en el subte - muy barato.

In Buenos Aires it is amazing how far you can go for one peso. We travelled for one and half hours on the bus to get there for only five pesos. For one peso you can go anywhere on the subte.

Calath en el Cruzat

Becripes mis amigos – estoy en mucho ‘flitters’ (una Marian palabra)…esta fantastico cuando paso algo excelente. Cuando fui el Fahy Club encontre Elias quien esta en un band se nombre Calath y hacia cosas escoses y irlandes. Mi amiga Silvia y yo fuimos a ver Calath en viernes en la noche – muy bien amigos, muy muy bueno! Mirar el foto de Elias – el saltado en la silla – yo fui muy positivo el fue caer en mi regazo, pero no suerte para mi…

Ellos tienen bueno repertoire de canciones y tunes (no se la palabra en castellano), y tocar fiddle, guitarra, acordeon, tin-whistle, bass, banjo, mandolin - disfrute mucho!

Muchas gracias to Elias para el correction below:

Elias:Becripes mis amigos – estoy en mucho ‘flitters’ (una palabra de Marian)…es fantastico cuando pasa algo excelente.Cuando fui al "Fahy Club" encontré Elias quien está en un banda que se llama Calath Mi amiga Silvia y yo fuimos a ver a Calath el viernes a la noche– muy bien amigos, muy muy bueno! Mirar la foto de Elias – el saltado en la silla – yo estaba muy segura que el iba a caer en mi falda, pero por suerte, no lo hizoEllos tienen un buen repertorio de canciones y tunes (melodías)y tocan (for they play) fiddle, guitarra, acordeon, tin-whistle, bass, banjo, mandolin - disfruté mucho!

Cumple Dolores

Mi cumple regalo …de mi, a mi… fue un visitar a el dentist – muy procrastination (no se la palabra en castellano) amigos. Quien gustan voy a dentist – no yo seguro!! Si, mientras en Salta y Jujuy mi diente rompio – no solo uno, pero dos – increible!! Por eso 600 pesos y mucho duele despues, tengo el mejor dientes en Buenos Aires. El mas peor cosa cuando no puedo comer el riquissimo empanadas para cuatro triste dias.