¡Hola Argentina!

Much has happened since my last post! Lots of driving and territory covered.

After a big night out at the disco in Potosi, we made our way south over some very bumpy roads - one was so bumpy in fact that we had to wait about 4 hours to pass while construction crews worked on it. Some kind of dynamite problem I guess... We finally made it to our overnight stop in Tupizia - only a couple hours away from the Argentinian boarder. The next day we headed for the boarder (another sketchy boarder town), the most exciting part about the crossing was a bunch of brats throwing water balloons at the gringos in line at immigration. After finally getting into Argie, we drove for many hours to our next overnight in Salta.

Salta was great - felt a lot more like Spain than anywhere we had been in South America. We spent 4 nights camped out on the southside of town, right next to this massive swimming pool (we were told it was the largest in the southern hemisphere). There was tons to do in town and in the Salta area - we spent one day cruising the town and eating lots of the famous Argentinian beef. We had this meal that including lots of interesting parts of the cow, that I was brave enough to try... yuck! We also spent a day in Salta on a rafting trip, it had been a long time since I had gone rafting, so it was a lot of fun - good rapids and a downpour of rain ensured that everyone got soaked.

Salta was also where our group was for the Super Bowl... unfortunately the Super Bowl fell on the same night as a massive soccer game in Argentina, so we had to wait until that game was over before we got to turn on the Super Bowl. Luckily we turned it on right at the beginning of the 4th! What an awesome game! There was a good crowd of us watching from our group and then some random Americans here and there watching too. That night turned into quite a party in Salta! On Monday we left Salta early and had two full days on driving (not fun... including camping at a gas station one night - yes, they do that here I guess) to get where we are now, Puerto Iguazu.

We spent all of today at the AWESOME Iguazu Falls - one of the hightlights of the trip so far. They have a beautiful National Park set up for the Falls here and they were nothing short of breath taking. The coolest part of the day was taking a power boat to the base of the falls, where we were soaked/blown by the power of the falls. Tomorrow we will cross the boarder into Brazil and visit that side of the falls - I´m trying to limit myself to around 100 waterfall pictures... hahaha.

I hope everyone had great Super Bowl parties! Cheers