January 11, 12, 13, 14

Friday Jan 11, We all made it safely to Iguazu. After a 15 hour bus ride which was not bad at all. I sat with my friend Sarah in extremely comfortable sits. We watched a couple movies without being able to hear the movie, due to the fact we both forgot our headphones. After the movies we were given a really gross meal, some vegetables that smelled and tasted like fish and weird beef. Good thing we both brought our own meals that we prepared before hand. After or gross dinner we had wine, coffee, or champagne. Both Sarah and I were exhausted and fell right to sleep. We must have slept 11 hours. Our bodies really needed the sleep. We arrived in Iguazu around 11am. All of us (Jared, Krista, Sarah and I) got off the bus and went straight to our Hostel by taxi. Our hostel was incredible. It had a huge, beautiful pool in the center and the inside (kind of like a rec center) had ping pong tables, pool tables, a place where you watch tv, a lounge area, restaurant, a community kitchen, a place where you could talk to a travel agent and a down stairs that had bathrooms and showers. Our room that we slept in had 3 sets of bunk beds (6 beds in all). We were given fresh clean sheets. Our room and town house like building was really nice. I got lots of pictures. The town house had an up stairs and downstairs, with the same amount of bunk beds. We also had a bathroom. After putting on the sheets we went into town and sat at a cafe. It started raining really hard, to the point where the streets were flooded. We stayed at the cafe for a while (all the others had quite a few beers). We also went to the store to get some food, everyone wanted me to make dinner. After the cafe and supermarket we went back to the hostel and the others rested while I played ping pong and swam in the pool. Our friends from the residence, Georgia, Lauren, and Georgia's friend swam with me. They were staying in a different hostel in town. After swimming, we made a delicious dinner in the community kitchen, chicken with wine, lots of veggies and potatoes. We also had delicious wine. That night I must of had 3 glasses. The others went through 6 bottles, talk about a lot of fun!!! I must have gone to bed around 1am. The others decided to stay up until 4 am.
Saturday Jan 12, I got up at 8:30am. I woke the others, who were all hung over. We ate breakfast and took a taxi with a girl in our room named Shannon who was from Australia, and studying in Chile to the waterfalls. We payed 40 pesos each. We walked for about five hours and saw the most incredible waterfalls and butterflies I have ever seen. The waterfalls are massive and unbelievable. I got some great photos, cannot wait for all of you guys to see. After being in the heat almost the whole day, we went back to the hostel, rested and swam in the pool. We all took showers and got ready for an all you can eat Brazilian show at the hostel. The hostel offered lots of good side, bread, rice, salad, beets potatoes, and of course beef and chicken. We were all starving after all our hiking all day. We ate then went straight back to our beds we were exhausted. Jared and Krista decided to take a nap and then go out around 12am. I went out for a bit but I was to tried. Sarah, fell right to sleep and stayed asleep until the morning.
Sunday Jan 13, We all woke up early, except Jared and Krista, who got in at 4 am again. Sarah, Krista and I got breakfast. We all check out, Krista and Jared hung out by the pool while, sarah and I went to town to look around and do some shopping. All the stores were pretty much closed so we went to back to the hostel to have some lunch. Then jared and I played ping pong while Krista and Sarah were e-mailing their families back home. After ping pong, Sarah and I walked across the street and went to a rescued bird sanctuary. The birds were so beautiful, we saw Tucans, eagles, so many that were miss treated by humans and rescued by the national park. After the park, we went back to the hostel and said our good byes to everyone and went to the bus stop. Sarah and I got on the bus and had seats right next to the bathroom. Oh no we thought, this is not going to be a fun ride home. Fortunately, we were so tried that after engorging ourselves with gross food, because we were so hungry from all our walking we fell to sleep.
Monday Jan 14, After 15 hours we arrived back to Buenos Aires. What a fantastic trip!!! I took the subte back to Belgrano, while the others took a taxi back to the residence, because they had class at 1pm. I took a shower and ate some lunch. I rest for about an hour. After resting I packed up some clothes for the night and left a note for my home stay mom, asking her if she could take me to the airport. Tomorrow, I leave for Mendoza. I got to the residence and now I am writing this long blog letting everyone know about my wonderful weekend. I only have a week left but I am going to make the most of it, with going to Mendoza for 2 days and spending quality time with new friends. Tonight, the girls and I plan on making dinner and hopefully taking it easy. Hope all is well back home. I am looking really forward to Mendoza. I will let everyone know all about it!!