Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hi Everyone,

I am writing fro Puerto Iguazu, on the doorstep of the world famous Iguazu falls, which I am told rival (and even surpass) Niagara falls. We´ll find out tommorrow. We arrived here today from Buenos Aires on an 18 hour bus, which was, by far, the nices bus I have ever been on. They gave you as much space as first class on an airplane, and we were sitting pretty in your gigantic lazy boys, while the server came by with snacks, meals, and wine.

This afternoon, we went to a wildlife refuge and saw, among other animals, almost 20 rescued hawks and Eagles, which are being rehabilitated to be realeased back into the wild. They were magnificent.

Buenos Aires was great. We went to a couple weekend markets, which were pretty and creative. Unlike most of the stuff we saw for sale in South East Asia, booths here usually are run by artists who produce unique crafts. You don´t see the same thing everywehere else if you don´t buy it the first time.

The highlight for me was the Ricolleta Graveyard, where Buenos Aires´ rich and famous are entombed in the fanciest Masoleums you´ve ever seen.

The other big highlight was attending a BOCA soccer match. BOCA is the most popular club in Argentina, and the fans were crazy. Plus, the star of BOCA scored a header from 40 Meters away, setting some sort of record. I´m not sure what record though, because I don´t understand enough Spanish :-). We also went to the zoo, walked around for hours looking at all the fancy buildings, saw some Tango, and ate like kings. We had a gigantic steak dinner, including salad, dessert, and a bottle of wine, for under $50. Yowsa! The main problem with Buenos Aires is that we were breaking the bank, and pretty much doubling our daily budget. Luckily, Buenos Aires should be the most expensive place we travel.