speaking what i mean.: Iguazú! (Pictures and sentences about life)

Life is astounding.

Though I still may buy another digital camera, I bought a disposable one for the weekend in Iguazú, so I want to include a ton of pictures!

1. So first we went to Las Tres Fronteras:

This is me standing triumphantly on Argentina's land. To the right is Brazil with an awesome building-no idea what it is but I absolutely loved it. To the left is Paraguay, with distant skyscrapers from a near by city.

I went to Iguazú for the weekend with Riley, Gavin, and Kyle (all from BC), and a couple other students. It was an 18 hour and surprisingly comfortable bus ride. They played movies (like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-an "old" favorite), gave us yummy food, wine, whisky. Riley and I played MASH (always a must)... spent the weekend in a hostel (of Hostel International) which was super nice and all around great.

2. From Las Tres Fronteras we took a random side path that spit us out in the neighborhood, from where we walked back to the town of Iguazú. Along the way we passed by this building/chickens/banana tree (not in the photo). I loved this area because it was simple and colorful. It reminded me a lot of being in Kenya last summer. Partly I think because the soil had a similar country, but greatly because of the simplicity and content-feeling that swept over me.

3. We spent all of last Sunday at the park-

This is "La Garganta Del Diablo" (Devil's Throat)

As wikipedia says:

"The waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Position is at latitude (DMS): 25° 40' 60 S, longitude (DMS): 54° 25' 60 W . Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height, though the majority are about 64 metres (210 ft). The Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese), a U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory. About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm (0.1 in) per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains in the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam."

4. This is from that same lookout, looking down the river to the left. The above photo is at the end of the river, on the right. It was so beautiful. I wish I could have stared a bit harder, but the mist was all up in my business...

5. This is a completely different part of the park-there were waterfalls everwhere

and with lots of waterfalls

came beautiful rainbows.

It was a great weekend-

I love BsAs (so much), but it was nice to get away for a few days and remember how beautiful nature and countryside is. A completely different atmosphere. Much needed-break.

All is well here. Living cheaply (which is made easier by how cheap everything is...)

I'm going to translate some things into dollars:

Subte: 30 cents

Empanada: 75 cents

Burger: $2.50

Tablet of Dulce de Leche: 50 cents

Baguette: 50 cents

Movie: Blockbuster: $6 Independent Theater: $2

Cancer: $1.50/pk (or $1 if you're really cheap.... boo)

Went to El Museo de Bellas Artes again yesterday. It's such a fantastic museum. I think I need to spend an entire day there and bring people who are willing to be there that long-

Because honestly every room is fantastic.

Right now there is a Berni exhibit. He's an Argentinian artist who painted in the 20s, 30s, 40s... and the exhibit is really fantastic. Every since taking the figure painting class at BC I have such an appreciation for all the different approaches an artist can take with the figure. Berni is great. I highly recommend looking at his work but also reading about it. It seems a lot of the paintings are pretty political and reflect Argentinian history, but I think I got a lot out of it.

My fast-friend here, John, had a couple of friends visiting for the week from Florida. I think they saw an awful lot of BA, including this street corner where we waited for about an hour. (Eventually it started pouring and thundering with lightning, which is the prettiest.)

So here we have the visitor,

and RILEY EATING AN EMPANADA NOM NOM NOM.

I love empanadas.

Always and any time of day.