Day 92 - Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina (18 June 2012)

Day 92 – Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina (18 June 2012)

We wake up this morning for the final time in Buenos Aires.  It has been a fantasic week here but it is time to depart for Puerto Iguazu where we will spend three nights and going to both the Brazilian and Argentinean side of Iguazu Falls.  We have a bit of a sleep in, as per usual in Buenos Aires as the sleeping hours are far too late for my liking, and then get up, have breakfast and finish packing our bags ready for our departure.  When we are ready to go we have a bit of time so we decide to go for one more walk around.  Ann needed to buy some contact solution and we wanted to get a few snacks for our long bus journey so this was a good reason to head out.  We had also arranged to travel to Puerto Iguazu with an American called John.  He was going to meet us at the hostel and we were going to share a cab to the bus terminal. 

When we had finished our walk around and had picked up what we needed, we waited for the taxi, however when the taxi arrived John was missing.  We were not going to wait for him as the bus was not going to wait for us so we went to the bus terminal.  When at the bus terminal and waiting for the bus to depart, a homeless man was harassing some ladies.  Apparently this is quite common at this bus terminal and people are advised not to arrive there too early, which is what we did and we can now see why!  We then boarded the bus and went to our seats.  As we were boarding we saw John had made it to the terminal, had no idea how he got here but he made it! We then departed and started our trek through the city.  As we were driving through the neighbourhood of the bus terminal we could see why the homeless frequently visit as the surrounding area was pretty disgusting and scummy.  We got through the city pretty quickly, much quicker than I had imagined.  The motorway entering and exiting the city is quite big with six lanes on either side, but in saying that it should be big as the population of the city is about 18 million people!  The drive north to Iguazu was very relaxing, but it must be boring as a driver as it is pretty much all strait roads.  The movies played on the bus were all in Spanish so we didn’t really watch them.  We got a lunch meal and a dinner on the bus which was good for bus food, and also got served drinks.