1,2&3. Waterfalls, lots and lots of waterfalls
4. Nate sipping mate from my gourd
5. The amazing stella next to our Nalgene bottle so you can get an idea of the size, the Nalgene is a one liter bottle. (sorry we could not get it turned)
Now don’t get me wrong, I love Brazil. It’s an awesome country, and they have some great beer. Xingu is amazing, and even Shelley will drink their versions of Bud or Miller, Antartica and Brahma, and she never drinks beer in the States. But since we’ve been in Argentina, my allegiance has been swayed a bit. They sell, all over the place, giant bottles, 985cm3, as big as a bottle of wine, cold, crispy Stellas. And these giant, delicious Stellas cost, and here’s the really amazing part, $1.00 U.S. money. I was absolutely blown away.
Shelley will tell you, however, that the most amazing, mind blowing thing in Argentina is Iguazu Falls, and I would grudgingly agree. There are two hundred and seventy five waterfalls all together, and they are all amazingly beautiful. There are tiny ones, and incredibly huge ones. It’s like 8 Niagara Falls put together, only better. They are so immense and huge and loud, it’s impossible to describe. One of the best things about it is that, unlike Niagara, both sides of the falls, the Brazilian and the Argentine, are inside National Parks. Only two hotels in sight of the falls, no casinos, and not even a hint of a Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Just amazing forest all around, and the falls. Everyone should go to Iguazu and see them. We spent the whole day walking around and looking at all the different falls.
I do have to say that although I am happy that my husband can have all the beer he wants for really cheap the falls by far, rival $1.00 Stellas. We will put up some pictures of the falls and beers and you can decide for your self. After spending all day at the falls we came home and slept well that night. The next day, Friday, we just laid around and rested, we went out for brunch and got some really good food, and it was not pizza. Gabi had a ham omelet, Nate had a tortilla Espanola, and I had a tortilla de papas. The tortilla’s here are like omelets but cooked more and hold the form of the pan they are cooked in, they are really good, they are the same as Spanish tortillas. For dinner we had yeah you guessed it pizza, but Gabi has found a new favorite food here. She has been on a hamburger only phase, so in the past three days I think she has had like four burgers. As for today we have kind of run out of things to do here, it is a really small town and we have hit up most of the good restaurants, done all the shopping we intend to do and see all the sights there are to see. Today we saw the last of the sights the port and huge murals that are carved in wood. We actually didn’t look at one set of murals so that tomorrow we have something else to do; we walked right by them but turned out heads. You may be asking why we don’t leave, but we got a good deal on a place to stay and it revolved around us staying 6 nights for the price of only 5 nights. So we have two more nights and one full day, before we head back to Brazil. Tomorrow are only plans are to see the other murals, wish us luck in finding something more to do.
A little side note; if you don’t know Argentina is famous for it’s Yerba Mate(pronounced Mah-tay) a type of tea. Everyone here walks around with a hallowed out gourd, metal straw with filter and thermos to drink mate all day long. We really wanted to try mate so we ordered it at dinner one night but it came in a tea bag not the normal loose leaves in a gourd but a woman at the store next door let Nate and I try some of hers. We really liked it so we went out and bought two gourds, two straws, Yerba Mate and a thermos. Now we walk around looking like mate drinking fools. But before we were successful at drinking Mate we had to have a horrible trial where we made it way to strong and it was soooo bitter I almost vomited. We also discovered that the first type of mate we purchased was not a really good type. Well are getting good at it and we even know where all the hot spots are to buy to hot water to fill up our thermos. Well we hope everyone is well and love hearing from everyone so keep on posting!!
Some new Gabi things are saying she is sick so she can take medicine, her favorite is pepto bismo for children, she even knows to tell us her belly hurts so she needs it. At bed time we tell her to close her eyes and she comes back with, “If I close my eyes I won’t probably be able to see.” She also will just mouth words and then look at us and say, “You can’t hear me?,” or “You don’t know what I said?,” with a huge smile on her face.
Shelley will tell you, however, that the most amazing, mind blowing thing in Argentina is Iguazu Falls, and I would grudgingly agree. There are two hundred and seventy five waterfalls all together, and they are all amazingly beautiful. There are tiny ones, and incredibly huge ones. It’s like 8 Niagara Falls put together, only better. They are so immense and huge and loud, it’s impossible to describe. One of the best things about it is that, unlike Niagara, both sides of the falls, the Brazilian and the Argentine, are inside National Parks. Only two hotels in sight of the falls, no casinos, and not even a hint of a Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Just amazing forest all around, and the falls. Everyone should go to Iguazu and see them. We spent the whole day walking around and looking at all the different falls.
I do have to say that although I am happy that my husband can have all the beer he wants for really cheap the falls by far, rival $1.00 Stellas. We will put up some pictures of the falls and beers and you can decide for your self. After spending all day at the falls we came home and slept well that night. The next day, Friday, we just laid around and rested, we went out for brunch and got some really good food, and it was not pizza. Gabi had a ham omelet, Nate had a tortilla Espanola, and I had a tortilla de papas. The tortilla’s here are like omelets but cooked more and hold the form of the pan they are cooked in, they are really good, they are the same as Spanish tortillas. For dinner we had yeah you guessed it pizza, but Gabi has found a new favorite food here. She has been on a hamburger only phase, so in the past three days I think she has had like four burgers. As for today we have kind of run out of things to do here, it is a really small town and we have hit up most of the good restaurants, done all the shopping we intend to do and see all the sights there are to see. Today we saw the last of the sights the port and huge murals that are carved in wood. We actually didn’t look at one set of murals so that tomorrow we have something else to do; we walked right by them but turned out heads. You may be asking why we don’t leave, but we got a good deal on a place to stay and it revolved around us staying 6 nights for the price of only 5 nights. So we have two more nights and one full day, before we head back to Brazil. Tomorrow are only plans are to see the other murals, wish us luck in finding something more to do.
A little side note; if you don’t know Argentina is famous for it’s Yerba Mate(pronounced Mah-tay) a type of tea. Everyone here walks around with a hallowed out gourd, metal straw with filter and thermos to drink mate all day long. We really wanted to try mate so we ordered it at dinner one night but it came in a tea bag not the normal loose leaves in a gourd but a woman at the store next door let Nate and I try some of hers. We really liked it so we went out and bought two gourds, two straws, Yerba Mate and a thermos. Now we walk around looking like mate drinking fools. But before we were successful at drinking Mate we had to have a horrible trial where we made it way to strong and it was soooo bitter I almost vomited. We also discovered that the first type of mate we purchased was not a really good type. Well are getting good at it and we even know where all the hot spots are to buy to hot water to fill up our thermos. Well we hope everyone is well and love hearing from everyone so keep on posting!!
Some new Gabi things are saying she is sick so she can take medicine, her favorite is pepto bismo for children, she even knows to tell us her belly hurts so she needs it. At bed time we tell her to close her eyes and she comes back with, “If I close my eyes I won’t probably be able to see.” She also will just mouth words and then look at us and say, “You can’t hear me?,” or “You don’t know what I said?,” with a huge smile on her face.
8 comments:
Wow! The falls look incredible. Great family photo, too. We're really looking forward to seeing all the pictures and hearing more stories when you're back.
I think the best would be drinking a giant stella while looking at the falls, but drinking the stella out of a gourd.
I cannot believe you get Stella for a dollar. I'm with Nate. You can see pictures of falls, but you cannot enjoy Stella for a dollar from a picture. Mmmm.....Stella.
That family photo is fantastic. You should make it your Christmas card, for sure.
Umm just put the gourd on your head and take some pepto and say "Ahhhh these falls are better than the whole rest of the world...where's my Stella" You have stories for life my darlings. this won't post but I'll try anyway like I do every day... Buh Bye!!
Oh my gosh, It got posted! that was from me, Auntie!!! I can't believe it I try it three times a week!! Oh well I am crazzzzy about both of your blogatiousness...you are both funny and great w/ detail... here goes.. I love your three sooo much. Please do not try to pet the snakes that hang down in the shower area they are not PETS!!! Love Auntie
What if you made a raft out of mucho cajone stella bottles and went over the falls while drinking a stella and took a picture of the whole thing?
It would be the most awesome thing ever, except Stellas are only one US dollar if you return the bottle, so it would cost a lot to make a raft and I am sure they wouldn't let us return the bottels once they went over the falls!! Damn good idea not enough cajhones(or money)here!
alright, nate, you've convinced me that I need to give Stella a second chance.
When are you coming back? Awhile ago, you said something about 3-1/2 weeks, but I can't find that post for some reason. I may have to make a journey to california to hang out, since I haven't had the resources to visit you in Brasil. thanks for all of your posts.
-davin
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