Argentina-Patagonia-Iguazu Falls: Final Thoughts

This trip was a long time in the making and it worked out just as I had thought in my mind, some even more beautifully than I had imagined. 

Say Hueque – I just came across this company on a google search but I am so glad I found them. This was the best decision I made. They worked with me to make sure I had a good trip. They were able to extend my itinerary to Iguazu falls and Buenos Aires as I had needed. The only thing is they select some expensive hotels. A bit cheaper would have been good. But all in all I am very happy with this company. There were two main things that bothered me: one - they take credit card but charge a fee for it or you can give them your bank info. If I had known this before, I would have paid using my bank for one big payment and be done with it. The second thing was how much tipping was involved: $20/day for guide and $3 for driver and we had 2 other guides and about 4-5 drivers in all. Each time Pili would pass an envelop. Tipping was not mandatory, but it would have been nice to know in advance so I could bring some change. I had only big notes. 

Food – Food was the worst for me here. There is hardly anything vegetarian to eat, and whatever there was, it was not tasty. I was just managing. Breakfast was boring every single place. I had to buy lunch/dinner maybe 3-4 times. Thrice with the group and twice on my own. Only the Italian food was good, everything else is forgettable. There are too many sweet things in the morning and only eggs in the name of salty. Oh well…

Transport – Say Hueque booked all my pick ups and transfers from airport and for the tours. All were fantastic. All drivers were professional and safe. I could have probably used Uber for my airport transfers but I was not comfortable and also did not know about safety. But it is all safe. 

Bus use in BA is very easy, especially with google maps. I used it all the time. Couple times I had to use Uber because I had to be at my tour at a particular time at a certain place. Uber was not that expensive – 40 min ride was $12. I did not need to use the train. During the tour, we did not need any transport as all the towns were small and walkable. In El Calafate we used taxi, which was also not expensive. You can call taxi with whatsapp number.

Flying on Aerolinias Argentina – This was quite a pleasant experience. I was not sure how flying here would be – but it was great. First there is a carry on weight restriction of 13 kg. Mine was not weighed as I walked right in through security. Security was always a breeze. No issues of taking off shoes or taking out electronics. Boarding was smooth by zone. One can check in up to 48 hrs ahead of time and pick out their seats, which I did, as I always want the window seat in a new country. Placing carry on in the luggage compartment was not an issue. Not one time did I hear any agent calling for anyone to check in their carry on luggage for lack of space, like in USA. All flights included a drink and some cookies. The pilots were amazing. I did not feel any ear pressure changes at all! And I got miles on my Delta account.

Hotels – These were booked by Say Hueque and were all good. The locations were excellent. The only thing I wish they had was a hot water kettle and tea in the rooms. The Patagonia hotels did not have AC because it is usually cold there. But overall, all good.

Money – I could use my card at all the main stores and tourist places. The only time I needed cash was with small vendors and in some cases to get a discount on the goods. I exchanged $100 in the hotel (Dazzler in BA) and in one other place I used another $100 to pay for about $55 goods and got back money in pesos. I managed to spend all my pesos either in shopping or giving tips. I would say have a small amount of pesos as the exchange rate changed quickly – it was 1060 when I came and 1300 when I left. Many vendors don't mind taking dollars.

Water – Water was drinkable everywhere from tap except Iguazu. There I was advised by the hotel staff to use only bottled water. They could fill the bottles but there was not a place for us to refill ourselves. Again – no major issues. I just went to the local grocery store and bought a large water bottle.

Walking – There was soooo much walking involved in this vacation. I guess it is in all. But this one also required waterproof shoes, hiking shoes and definitely good walking shoes. My Columbia hiking shoes turned out to be fantastic. I needed them in the national parks and also Iguazu falls.

Toilets – It was not too hard to find toilets. Most restaurants would have them. All parks had restrooms in many locations. The only place we had to go in nature was in El Chalten hikes. The best thing I have learned is to go whenever you see a restroom. 

Safety - My biggest concern about traveling alone is always safety. I am careful myself anyways, but I felt safe in BA and IF. I was not out too late in BA, IF I was out for dinner one time, but again, no safety concerns. It was all good. I think there are localities where one should be careful, I was not in any of those. 

All in all, it was a great trip. Highlights were the glacier and Iguazu Falls for me.

Argentina-Patagonia: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (BA) was a complete surprise to me. I knew that it was going to be a big city. I had identified all the places I wanted to visit. I knew there was a train and bus system that I could use with a transport card. What took me by surprise was that what I thought would be close enough to walk, was not really that close and how beautiful the city is.

Let me begin by saying that I did BA in two shifts, two days when I landed and two days of my departure from Argentina. I think it worked out really well. I could have done all in 4 days in one time also. But breaking it up in two turned out to be a boon in disguise especially for shopping and using up my local currency.

I reached on 22 March at 10ish. Luggage was fine, the driver who came to pick me up was there. All was good. The drive was about 30 mins to the hotel. The first 20 mins were like any other normal city, but when we entered the south of Palermo, the roads became narrower. There were one way streets, trees lined on both sides of the street and residential areas everywhere with shops on the ground floor. It was all very pretty. I landed on Saturday, so traffic was not much and a number of shops were closed at this early time. Check-in at the hotel (Dazzler) was fine but they did not have a room available yet as it was only 11ish. So after drinking some coffee, I decided to do my first walk in the town - to the north of the hotel where the gardens were. I had been in the red eye, and was not quite recovered, but I was not going to sit around in the hotel till 2 pm.

Anyway....on to my walk. The streets of Palermo were lovely. Generally clean, trees on both sides of the street, people walking around. I already felt part of the town. I entered a small convenience store to get some junk food to munch on. No one spoke English. I just picked up a chips packet and paid with my card and walked on. I was in no rush as I had the whole day to do this park. It seemed that I kept walking and walking to get to the park, but it was a good walk. After walking quite a bit on Humboldt, I came out on the main road, Ave Int Bullrich, which had huge apartment buildings on the eastern side along with the metro line. 

I passed an Islamic cultural center and an Infantry compound, crossed another main road, Av Sta Fe and Av del Libertador, the park was on the right. I entered through the middle and first I could not really see the park, but after going under the bridge and on the east side I came to the main park. A lake in the middle with a lot of ducks and geese. So many people were out and about, families having fun, joggers jogging, vendors setting up for the day. I wish I had something to eat like lunch, I would sit and have a picnic, but I just had my little snack. I really needed water also but I had no cash.

The park was really big and really nice. The lake went everywhere, the geese were all over, then came the little bridge to go to the rose garden. I kept wandering until about 2 pm. I was getting really tired from all the walking also and I still had to walk about 2 miles back to the hotel. So I walked on the main road this time. Even their small notice boards are beautifully framed. The huge buildings all had personality. It started giving me the feel of Delhi, except cleaner and I felt safer. As I neared Palermo, I saw the huge mural on the main road. No way to capture all of it, but I tried. It was quite nice. 

Got back to the hotel, checked in, had a nice shower, ate my puri lunch and went to sleep for an hour or so. Got up refreshed and ready to go out again. Ana, the front desk receptionist gave me the SUBE card for metro and buses. I had to go to the shop with the SUBE machine to load the card. The only place close to me was a mall like place (Mercado del las Pulgas). I later figured out it was a flea market. I may not have gone if I had known that. Ignorance is bliss. It was a 6-7 block walk from the hotel. Again, the Palermo neighborhood is very nice. The flea mall was kind of fun to look at. I could not buy anything, it was all too big for me, but it was really good to look at the stuff people sell there. I took another way back. All roads kind of look the same - some shopping, mostly eating, some pastry shops with coffee. 

I went to Havana, near my hotel, for coffee. It was nice atmosphere. That was the end of my first day in BA. Tomorrow is going to rain, so I will see how much I can accomplish!

23 March: Today I decided to visit the Recoleta Cemetery. It was not in my original itinerary, but added it because I wanted to do the city center when I got back in April. 

I took the 108 bus from Humboldt to very near the cemetery. I did not realize but the bus dropped me off near the Recoleta mall. It was pretty looking. There was a McDonald and BK there. The visuals were so interesting, nice pretty statues, very Italian, and McDs at the back! Rain was kind of on a break, so I was able to see the cemetery for about 2-2.5 hours. Ticket was about $15 and there was a map given. It was not too huge, quite easily walkable. The lady at the ticket counter gave me the best way to walk to see the main mausoleums. It was quite cloudy so photos were kind of subdued, but temperature was okay. I walked around a lot. The mausoleums were quite elaborate and intricate. They belonged to generations of family. I guess it is kind of nice to have it, but I feel it is a waste of space to keep dead bodies. There were many tours going on. I could have done one also but it was twice the amount on weekends, so I decided to skip it. I am sure I missed some history and stories of the great Argentinian families.

As I came out, the Sunday market was getting set. How could miss that? So I walked around the few stalls that were open. And it started drizzling. Ugh! I walked around, bought some jewelry (rhodochrosite (rosinca) pendant – the stone of Argentina, a rose color stone). 

Time to move on to the next place - the beautiful bookstore - El Ateneo Grand Splendid. And yes, there is a bus - 101, which will drop me within 2-3 blocks. Of course I started walking the wrong way first! Anyway, came to the bookstore....and wow! How beautiful! It must have been a theater converted to a bookstore from the looks of it. Really beautiful, lots of tourists here. I walked around and then sat down in Havana for a cup of coffee and a cheese bread. It was just lovely to sit there and enjoy the ambience of the place. But - but, at 2 pm, the lights dimmed and walls came alive in Havana. There was sort of a light show on the walls. The walls were painted beautifully but there were hidden lights in places and oh boy, how beautiful to watch the little show. I was surprised that so many people did not even look up. I loved it! 

Bus 39 took me back to my hotel. Now it was raining and it was best to be inside. I met up with Venkat (from the Patagonia tour group). He is very hard of hearing and I did not care to talk to him much. 

Was ready for the Tango show at 7 pm. The driver picked us up, there were two other ladies from Dazzler, and then went on to pick up more people from 3 other hotels. We got to the La Ventana Tango show at 8:30. They had all the reservations and were seating us wherever there was place according to the number of people. Since I was single, they found me a table with a couple. Really nice young couple from Columbia. They were already eating when I got there. The place was packed with people and the servers were busy running up and down with orders. Eventually someone came and took my order – it was easy for me as there are few options for vegetarians. I had pumpkin soup, ravioli and flan. It was all very delicious. The Tango show started at 9:30pm or so. It was good. Very small space to do so much dancing. But it was good. They also had some Peruvian kind of music and dance. Very lively. Reminded me all the wonderful dance and beautiful Peru dance/music.

That’s it. The same driver took us back. I got to the hotel around 12 am. It was time for bed.

Tomorrow I depart for the Patagonia tour to El Calafate.

5 April: I am back in Dazzler hotel. Today is Boca city walk at 11am, and BA city walk at 3 pm. Both are about 2 hrs long and I signed up for them on the website for the same day.  I was hoping to get the get the bus I wanted for La Boca but it never came. The bus would have taken about 1 hr to get there so I had plenty of time to get an Uber. My first time using it. I did okay! The drive to La Boca from Dazzler was about 45 mins and roughly $12. Quite affordable, especially if it were 4 people. 

Saw the amazing city sights as I was going….I think I am in love with BA. La Boca was such an attractive place with lots of history as I learned in my tour. First I was just walking around taking pictures. This tour should definitely be done in the morning to avoid crowds. The guide, Maru, a young lady with a lovely personality and an education in history gave us the tour. I will just write a few points that I remember.

• La Boca is place by the port that housed poor immigrants from many countries about 60 years ago.
• It was tough time – no place to live, only port to work at, men arrived first then much later women. Diseases were common.
• The river became extremely polluted and unlivable. 20 years ago, the city cleaned it up and now it is breathing and has a healthy bird and turtle population. 
• There is a moving bridge – really quite the landmark.
• The color of the locality came from the artist …. who gave it vibrant colors. He was an orphan who learnt the art himself and eventually became quite popular and rich. He opened and supported many organizations – school, hospital etc. 
• Tango came from La Boca. It was a mixture of all arts from Africa, Spain, Italy and anywhere and everywhere. It became popular only when two rich Italians showcased it in Paris. Then it took off as a serious dance. The name of the most famous Tango is Cala….
• There were many murals depicting the history of the place. Maradona came from La Boca and has a great presence. There is the mural of mothers wearing diapers to know what happened to their disappeared children during the military rule of 1970s. quite tragic time for Argentina. 

We finished off the tour at the very distinct blue and yellow football stadium. Amazing building, built vertical seating so you are actually looking right down at the game  and is built to withstand the earthquake the fans create when they stomp! 

I walked around some more – bought some earrings and Messi t shirts. There is so much shopping here. Of course La Boca is two kinds – one is the touristy and the other is the residential, which is also quite nice but just not as colorful or safe. 

I really liked the vibe of the place. Even the residential part of it was very homey. 

For the second time I could not find the bus place to go to the city tour so had to get Uber. He got me to my tour just on time. I really needed to use the restroom but had nowhere to go. There was also no time eat. Nothing I can do at this time. I can't miss the tour – I am leaving tomorrow.

Maru was here again but she was giving the Spanish tour this time. We got Martin. He was a wonderful guide too. Although he gave a bit more lecture than I expected on money exchange and political status of Argentina. I was just hoping for walk through of the landmarks and some history behind them. He gave some of the same facts that Maru had told us in the morning about immigration from many countries, the mothers in the diapers, the slavery, the political upheavals of many decades and the current political situation. I really like the walk path – straight from congress building to the Presidents building. So many landmarks in the middle. The Dante’s building, the obelisk, the Florida street….etc. I will have to come back here tomorrow and do some touring myself.

The tour ended at the Rose building square. It’s a happening place. I have passed by it 2 or 3 times and there is always some activity there. 

My bladder was almost bursting now. I got 111 bus to get back to the hotel. This bus took the road Libertad, which has amazing buildings! I wish I had more time to walk this street. And then there was the shopping center after shopping. Reminded me again of Delhi shopping areas. What I really like about BA is the walkability. People are walking everywhere, there are so many eating places, and the buses are so frequent and cover so much of the city. I am loving the buses! Some drivers are a bit abrupt, but most have been very good. 

I was back at the hotel around 6pm. My phone battery is also at 25% now. I need to invest in a portable charger now. Had the lobby coffee. Asked Anna for a restaurant and she mentioned the Buenos Aires Vibre – all vegetarian place. I went there – had a sandwich (again!) and fries. Nah….not for me. Also they were still serving breakfast/coffee menu rather than dinner, which was fine because that itself was a lot of food. I am not sure how people are able to eat so much. I can barely eat one normal sandwich.

That is it for the day. tomorrow I will request for a little more time for checkout then go for a bit more of the city walk.

6 April: My last day in BA-Argentina. I could not sleep for the longest time my last night…till 1 am or more. I am not sure why. Strong coffee in the lobby? Anyway – got up around 9 am and had to call the front desk to get check out time extended to 11 am. Great … 2 hrs is all I need to finish packing and check out. 

Took the 39 bus to Teaton Colon, one of the oldest tango performance theater. It’s a gorgeous day. temperature is perfect, sun is shining but the darn bus is standing in front of the theater spoiling my shot. I have to move on. Next stop was the obelisk. I want to take one photo with the BA also. There is a line – of course! No problem. Everyone behind was taking for the person ahead. The good tourists. I walk towards the Dante building. It turns out I have to take the tour ($33) at 12:40 to see the building. I don’t have the time and I really don’t know much about Divine Comedy to understand the architecture. So bye for now.

Next stop was to be the rose building but I came across the Cafe Tortoni and there was no line, so I thought – why not? In two minutes I was seated inside. Lovely décor. It does look a bit dated. I had the chocolate and 3 churro combo for $11. Everything was really tasty. Martin the guide was right, this was sufficient to enjoy the ambience of sitting in such a historical place. And the waiter was cute to take a selfie with me.

It is about 1:15 now. I have till 4ish before I start thinking about getting back to the hotel. On the spur of the moment, I decided to take the city tour for $35. It was just perfect. I got on the upper open deck, enjoyed the sun, the breeze and the sights. Saw some really nice parts of the city. All these areas are so different – Palermo, La Boca, …. They all look distinct. All places had lots of people walking around.

I saw the flower sculpture. The development on the river is interesting. I missed the Tango sculpture on the bridge – I was on the other side of the bus. Got off at Palermo to walk back to the hotel. It is about 3:30. Great time. There was a Sunday market going on in … I could not think of buying anything. At 4 pm I was at the hotel. Had some chips I had bought on the way. They are not that great, but at least salty. Time to say bye to Buenos Aires and Argentina. 

Breakfast at Dazzler was a nice spread, but it was the same everyday, eggs, bread, pastries, fruit. It was a lot but also not enough variety for me. 

SUBE card: I got mine from the hotel front desk. Sadly, it can be used as debit card, so whoever used it before me both times, had left a balance of around 1200 pesos each time. So when I charged the card, I had to pay off their debt also. That was not very nice of the hotel guests. But otherwise SUBE card was really easy to charge and use. Getting around the in the bus was really easy and fun for me. 

Argentina-Patagonia: Iguazu Falls

Getting to Iguazu Falls was a full day journey for me. I had to fly from El Calafate to BA, wait an hour or so, and then get on another flight to Iguazu Falls. I started at about 8 am and reached hotel at Iguazu about 8 pm. Long day. The interesting thing about boarding the flight to Iguazu was that we had to take a bus which drove us out to the tarmac to use the stairs to board the plane. 

I was feeling just a bit lonely without the Patagonia group and without Pili telling me where to go 😁

The hotel, Jardin de Iguazu, was wonderful, right near the city center and easy to get around for eating and shopping. 

3 April: Iguazu Falls/Argentina Side

Today is going to be a fantastic day. I am going to see Iguazu falls. 

Had to get up early to get breakfast at 7 am since I am being picked up at 7:40 am. I had to buy tickets for Iguazu falls (IF), it was not included in my tour. The ticket is about $26. We reached the park by 9ish or so as there were other passengers to pick up. We had to take the train to the second stop to see devils throat. The first stop is for the upper and lower walkways. The train was at 9:30 so we just waited around. I asked Maru, the guide about the program and she gave me some half hearted answer about doing only the upper walk and not the lower one (we did both though). 

The walk to the devils throat from the train was still about one mile. But it was a nice walk. First goal was to see the falls and then to walk slowly back for seeing wildlife. 

I am not sure what words to use for the devils throat – I think the name says it all. The Iguazu river is not too deep yet the water falling in that fall is just amazing and with tremendous force. It was great. Spent about 10-15 mins there and then walked back. Saw a fish, a turtle. There is wildlife everywhere and the flowers are also beautiful. There are so many scenic spots even on the river. And so many butterflies! 

We took the train back to the first stop from where we began the upper walk. So we are walking above the falls. The views are great and the force of water is something to respect. There are some portions of the falls named – the long series of falls are San Martin falls. Just spectacular. 

After finishing that round, we stopped for lunch. Had barely 30 mins to eat. Lunch lines were too long. If this is off season, I am not sure how they handle the season. At 1:45pm we were to walk the lower loop. I think I like the lower loop better, we can see more of the falls. The upper loop shows the river more than the falls. Anyway – again, a great walk. Saw some other falls also on the side. 

There were rainbows here and there since the sun had come out by 11ish. Just beautiful.

We then separated into two groups, one for the boat ride, and one not. There were 6 of us taking the boat ride in the tour. I bought the ticket, $75, right there and then. The Iguazu jungle company drove many of us in an open bus through the jungle to the river. We still had to go down many many steps (maybe 300?) to get to the boat. It was super well organized. First they gave us dry bags, then one person put on life jacket on us, next another person buckled us up and within a minute we were in the boat. I took off my shoes so they don’t get wet. The dry bag was big enough to hold 2 bag packs. So all packed in and we were set to go. I did have my camera case out for water. 

The boat ride was just wonderful! I am so glad I did this. After 5 mins or so I could see the waterfalls. The boat driver was really fun – he gave us a few bumps here and there for fun. They were recording the whole experience. We started getting under water even before San Martin falls. It was soooo much fun, and we did get drenched completely. There were 2-3 rainbows, kind of small so easy to capture but now I have to use my waterproof camera case so hopefully I will see them in the photos (I did!).

The boat then took us under the San Martin falls….oohhh that was just awesome. Getting wet, all white water around us and just something else to be under the waterfalls. What an experience. By this time we were all soaked wet. It felt really good after the hot walks we had been taking.

The way back was as organized as in. there was an additional stop for the video/photo purchase – for $20. I decided to get it! Why not?! 

The walk up was not that fun, but I made it. Today coming down was really hard on my right knee. Anyway, made it back to the entrance by 5ish. The park is almost closed now.  

I made it at 5:50 pm to the hotel, just in time for the last caipirinha drink. I sat out by the pool for a while. Went to Holy pizza for some much needed food. Great pizza! Even the small one was large for me. I had to get half to go for tomorrow. 

4 April: Iguazu Falls/Brazil side

Had a really good sleep. I was so tired yesterday. Have to get up early again and also checkout of the hotel. I was ready after breakfast at 7:15 am. My tour guide, Francisco, came on time and I was soo ready to go. We picked up two more couples and then we were on our way. He did the customs for us at the border. Just took our passports and went inside and came out, and we moved to Brazil immigration. We had to go in and get our passport stamped. Yay!! I love getting stamps on my passport. 

The bridge between Argentina and Brazil was lovely. It was over Iguazu river and half the river had Argentina color pavers while half had Brazilian colors. So cool!! 

On the Brazilian side there is a lot of construction going on. Looks like a lot of development. Our guide told us that it is not just Brazil, but Paraguay, that is the big shopping hub for both countries. At this point of Iguazu, all three countries meet. Paraguay is much cheaper than both countries. But I think there are Chinese goods everywhere. Some of these gifts that I have been buying are just cheap Chinese stuffs.

The Iguazu falls park is not far from the border. First I have to buy a ticket (About $20). I went into the gift shop…really cool stuff inside. But its time to see the falls. Generally a park bus will take the people to the start of the walking trail, which is about 20 mins slow drive. But our tour company (and probably others), have obtained a pass so they can also drive inside the park. They just need to carry a gadget that monitors their speed. The park is much bigger on the Brazil side and they are doing a good job of conservation, as is Argentina. 

The Brazil side of the park is viewing the falls, while Argentinian side is walking the falls. You can get really close to the falls in Argentina, hence the two trails, upper and lower. The panoramic view is only from Brazil. Each has its value. You don’t even get the panoramic view from the boat that I did yesterday.

Anyways….starting point itself was a wow!! This trail is not too big. It can be done in about hour and a half, depending on how many photos you take and admire the falls. It was cloudy when we started but got sunny later on. The weather was just perfect to be walking and enjoying the falls. Each view was better than the other. I could see the Argentinian viewpoints just like I saw the Brazilian ones yesterday. One cannot really get a huge panoramic view from any one of these points because the falls are spread out and all over the place in a kind of canyon. So there is no way to capture them all, except from the air. (A 10 min helicopter ride is about $130 - forget that). 

At the end was the Devil’s throat view point. Brazil has done a fantastic job of making the viewpoints. This viewpoint is the wettest one. I had not worn my waterproof shoes today, so I had to be a bit careful. It was okay, but the drizzle from the falls was falling all over and it was just too cool to be there. I just wished to stay there for an hour or more. It was so fascinating for me. I love waterfalls and now I am just surrounded by them!!

Camera did get a bit wet, but I did not care much. I went ahead with my photography. Morning time is good because there is less crowd. By this time the sun was out and rainbows had started forming….ooohhh just lovely to be there. I felt really special to be there (along with the hundreds of others who were there 😊). 

I finally moved from the main viewing point and came to the end of the trail which had a fall that was not visible from Argentina side at all. It was part of the Devil’s throat but I could not see it from other side because of the mist of the thundering falls. 

At this point I saw more rainbows….Amazing! It is just something else to see rainbows, and that too in these special places. I could only think of god at this point and his creation….and how thankful I am to be able to see these places. 

Stopped by the gift shop at the end of the trail to see if I could waste some money, of course I did!! 

Took the lift upstairs and it was time to go back. It was only 11 am! We had done the walk in less than two hours. The drive back was uneventful. I took photo of the bridge pavers with the two country colors. I love both countries but I love Argentina more. Just like Norway, Argentina is in my blood somehow.

We had dropped off two people at the airport and went back through the same process of Brazil immigration and customs. Argentina does not stamp the passport.

I asked Francisco to help me do something for the next two hours and he suggested the river walk to the point where the three countries meet. He dropped me off at San Martin square and from there I started walking downhill towards the river. It was a pleasant walk. There was not much shade and it was getting hot since it was almost noon. The 2 km walk was nice and had many things to see, if one wants, on the way. There was a Lourdes praying place, some murals, some carving, just a nice walk. I reached the convergence point. Since it is about 1 pm, there is no one there except the sun 😊. A really sweet lady took my photo with IGUAZU sign. There were some tourist shops there, but I don’t need anything.

From there the walk back to the hotel was also about 2 km. after a while it became a nice walk since there were a lot of trees. This direction of coming back was great since it is all on one level. (the other one would have been all uphill – thanks to Francisco for guiding). Again, the walk was simple for most, but for me it was full of murals, flowers, sculptures and yes, I had to buy a coke. It was so darn hot! Came to the San Martin square and sat for a while. After a bit of a break, walked towards the hotel. There were many tourist shops on the way, and plenty local eateries too. 

Its good to be sitting down now. Finished my leftover pizza – the hot one was 100 times better, but this was not bad either. Now I am just charging my electronics and writing my blog. 

I was picked up for airport at 5 pm.  All smooth going, reached BA by night. Back to Dazzler again.