Day 2 in Iguazu....

Hola, Day 2 in Iguazu!

And oh, what a CRAZY day!

I woke up very early for vaca – 6:30 AM! – and after showering and such, headed down breakfast. The buffet, which was included with the room, was awesome: all the basic breakfast foods, plus loads of meat, bread and cheese. Being the cheapskate that I am (see previous post about FREE hotel room) I loaded up on all the protein and carbs that I could. And it paid off – with the exception of a little ice cream (of course!), I didn’t need anything to eat until 4 pm!

And then the day started! First stop – Devil’s Throat. Words cannot describe how magnificent it is. It is incredible. I actually had to go 2x (camera battery died the first time, ugh!) so I have photos from both the AM and the afternoon. Some of the images are below, and you need to check out the video here. Wow.

Then, it was off to under the waterfalls – literally! I forked over 75 pesos to take a rafting trip that went under some of the falls. It was awesome – sort of like being doused by a fire hydrant, as my new American friends (two very cool guys from UCLA biz school) said. Speaking of my new friends, I am so stoked -we’re going to be in BA at the same time, so we’re going to try to meet up again. Yay!

So by this point of the day I was totally exhausted, so I ate a couple of empanadas and chilled before a jungle tour. The tour was a blast – think Tarzan without the sexy shirtless dude. Lots of photos below! (Btw, super cool monkey photos to come -- my camera died on me, AGAIN, but a super sweet gal from Missouri is emailing me her photos!) The jungle tour was also a little embarrassing – a lot of my photos included the tour guide (who, btw, was totally adorable, although not nearly as cute, smart, or amazingly perfect as my boyfriend, Christian…love ya babe!) and he thought I was taking photos of him! Um, no.

Tomorrow I head to Mendoza. AKA Argentine wine country. Oh baby, bring it on.

Lots of love and hugs (and kisses for the boyfriend!) from South America!

PS The music playing right now in the Sheraton is "These Dreams." I mean, I love Heart, but come on... Gotta love Argetine music taste. (Speaking of which, funny story -- I was in a super trendy BA store -- think coed BCBG -- and they played Celine Dion not once, not twice, but THREE times. Daddy, you would LOVE it here!)

PPS Just got an email informing me of my ELITE status for Continental! Yay!

PPPS Heard it snowed in Houston. Um, CRAZY! But loved the pics from the real Jenny P.! Thanks girl!

Me, in front of Devil's Throat. It was amazing.

Devil's Throat. Don't go here if you have to pee.

Jungle boogie, get down with the boogie!

My tour guide! He kind of reminded me of Christian, actually -- they have the same facial expressions!

One BIG ASS bug. Ick!

In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle...see, the Argentine's music taste is wearing off on me! Help me Pandora!