Thursday, February 22, 2007

Puerto Iguazu: On A Mission

So another touristy day. We started it out tired and somewhat grumpy, bumping and flying down the road towards the Minas de Wanda. We didn´t really know what they were going to be or how much fun they would contain... so they didn´t really have to live up to any expectations. They weren´t more than a few small tunnels where miners were looking for crystals and other precious stones. They were interesting to see and it was fun to watch the miners get all excited showing the different rocks.. but that was about it.

From there we FLEW as fast as our driver could go 240km down to San Ignacio, the ruins of a Jesuit mission, that was swallowed up by the jungle. Now there are lots of craft stalls and some restaurants, but it is still fascinating to see the jungle all grown up around the ruins, one tree actually completely swallowed a column.

Last night we ate out at a parilla, stuffing ourselves to the max.

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