Iguazu Falls and Cordoba
After a 23 hour bus ride from Puerto Iguazu, I am in Cordoba, the second biggest city in Argentina. So far it's really lovely! Feels older, and less developed than Buenos Aires, very lively, except everything seems to close down at 6pm. I highly recommend the hostel I am staying at: Baluch Backpackers, near San Martin Square.
When I set out from BsAs, I got a little tired, feeling the weight of the next month of hostel living, buses, always watching my stuff. But so far I have had really lovely experiences, and met really great people. Maria, a British girl I hung out with in Iguazu, spent 6 weeks by herself in Bolivia, where I am going next week. Everyone says it's quite rough, but after hearing her talk about it, I felt like a wuss for only planning on being there 12 days.
Side note: I am using way more commas than usual because I can't find the semicolon or dash on this keyboard. The keys aren't always what is marked.
Iguazu, by the way, was fantastic. It's been 15 years since I saw Niagra Falls, but compared to my memory, they were bigger and much more impressive. Very tropical location though, the other side of the Falls is Brazil. Which meant extreme heat and humidity, I sweated the whole time. And when it rains there, it's a really heavy intense rainforest pour. But the sun was mostly out, and I got a pretty bad sunburn regardless of #20 sunblock, and 40 incredibly big and itchy mosquito bites. I'm crossing my fingers for no malaria! Took some nice pictures, but there's no way they will do the place justice.
Tomorrow I take an 11pm bus back to BsAs, arriving sometime in the morning. Two days in Cordoba is nice, I would love to stay a third but I fly to La Paz from BsAs on Tuesday. Then: Bolivia!