Tango y Iguaza

Well the last couple of days have been jammed with exciting adventures. We left El Calafate Monday morning only to find that the President of Argentina had made a visit to El Calafate and thus backed up traffic at the airport. Thankfully their airport was the size of a podunk country club and thus the delay was only 30 minutes or so.

Upon arriving in Buenos Aires, we found our hostel in the trendy little neighborhood called Palermo. The folks at the hostel were very kind to us and we decided to work through them to take in a tango show. We ended up taking the subte (subway) to a neighborhood called San Telmo (we stayed in this area of town our first night in Buenos Aires) and located a restaurant called La Ventana. The event for the night was called Gala y Tango. It featured a live orchestra and some amazing tango. The grub they served us was pretty good too. Unfortunately the folks at the hostel didn't give us a heads up on the attire, so jeans and t-shirt were our protocol for the evening.

This morning we got up and hightailed it to Puerto Iguazu. Unfortunately the hightailing was brought to a sudden halt when we arrived at the airport only to find our flight had been delayed a couple of hours. No worries though. When we got here to Puerto Iguazu we arrived to beautiful clear skies. Apparently something that this sub-tropical region hadn't seen in several days.

Because of our limited time here in Iguazu we left straight from the airport directly to the park, put our crap in a locker, and set off for the falls. We decided on a trip that trucked you through the forest and then by boat down the the Iguazu River from which the Iguazu Falls are formed. The falls were absolutely amazing. We spoke to both Americans and Canadians who said that these falls blow away the Niagra Falls. You decide for yourself.

Tonight we're staying in the Hostel Peter Pan here in Puerto Iguazu. It's pretty bare bones here, but they have a nice courtyard with a pool and plenty of eateries within walking distance. Oh and litres of Quilmes cerveza for $ARG 8. Muy Bien!

Tomorrow night we're back in Buenos Aires for St. Patricks day. Zac and I are dressing as "white boys wearing green." Should be a real hit. We met some folks at the tango show who were from Chicago (still my favorite city) and recommended a brewpub called Buller. It's right next to the Ricoleta Cemetary where the famous wife (Evita) of Argentine President Juan Peron is buried. They said that St. Patrick's decorations were going up when they were there and that they brewed 6 0r 7 decent brews. Game on!