After seeing the Jesuit ruins in San Ignacio Mini (very cool by the way) we hopped a quick bus to Posadas. This town really doesn’t have too much going for it. Our primary goal was to get visas from the Paraguayan embassy so we could spend a little time traveling through the country on our way to Bolivia. Long story short we could have gotten one but it would have been a rather long difficult process that would have wasted time and money for something not really worth it in the first place. I’m sure Paraguay is a great country in its own right, but we wouldn’t have spent too much time there as there isn’t anything you absolutely have to see. Mostly we would have gone there for the sake of going through another country. Instead we bought tickets to Salta, Argentina.
This is supposed to be a very desired tourist destination, but we had to get there first. The bus ride should have taken 18 hours. Due to various complications including mechanical problems it took over 20. That and the service was terrible. No food, no movies, constant stops for smoke breaks, and the like. I was relieved to finally get off that blasted thing. I don’t mind long bus rides now normally, but this one really was lousy. The end result was good though. Coming over a short mountain pass and having this city appear all-of-a-sudden in this gorgeous green valley is a sight to behold. We walked around for a bit including taking a tram up cerro San Bernardo to see the town from above. That evening we saw Capote at the movies. A good film all around although rather depressing. Now we are going to hang out for a little bit as it seems Fabrice (remember him?) has been racing to catch up with us. So he should be here on Tuesday (or Thursday, we think he might have gotten his English mixed up) and after that we’ll probably go to the Atacama desert in Chile.
Hope everyone is doing well as always. Be sure and check out Argentina photos for the pictures of waterfalls and ruins. There has been an update to the moments page as well. Later!
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