Bathed in Iguassu Falls and mving into Central Argentina

Well I hadn't expected that the Argentinian side of Iguassu could have outdone the Brazilian side but I think it just about pips it to the post.The Brazilian side provides and awesome panoramic of the falls in al of their glory and then takes you in towards the base of the Garganta del Diablo or Devil's Throat. However, over on the Argentinian side you get to walk acrossthe top of all of the falls and come within touching distance (certainly within heavy spray distance) and you even get the oportunity to get in a raft and go directly underneath one ofthe falls / which I of course took with both hands. We took the trip out and went directly under the "3 Musketeers" fall for a heavy and fresh wash which was a relief from some of the heat. The falls all had me in complete awe, such an unbelievable volume of water cascading and suporting all sorts of wild and interesting creatures round - from the colourful spiders (which i wasn't too hot on!) to the capuchin monkeys following us in the tress and the countless colouful butterflies hovering in the air like suspended confetti! A-mazing.

The nextday cmae our epic 21 hour cama-bus journey from Iguassu to Cordoba in central Argentina. The bus journey was not nearas bad as it sounds. It was comfortable, we caught up on diary writing, had a chat, read, ipodded and watched some really bad films! Cordoba was worth the effort. Argentina's second largest city, it is covered in lovely old colonial spanish churches (as therewas a high jesuit community here a couple of hundred years ago) and a vibrant set of bustlng streets and shops. 

Yesterday, we went on a day excursion to see Che Guevara's childhood house in La Alta, which takes you up into the mountain range overlooking a wide valley that has had lots of artificial lakes created in it. Having learnt a bit about Che, we went to a pedestrian town up in the mountains called La Cumbresita. Very cute and containing a number of wood log cabins in germanic style (for some reason) but very nice. After climbing rocks to get high up to a waterfall and spending some time with other travellers from Peru (quite productive) and Canada, we headed back to the hostel to rest! Now for Mendoza.We leave tonight.