Buenos Aires T+12-Monday

Posted by JohnP 04/22/2008 at 15:44

I awoke in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina dead tired from hiking the falls on Sunday.

  • Slept in as long as possible
  • catch the bus into the town center
  • purchase some breakfast at a local grocer
  • wander in the shopping district
  • sit for awhile
  • water
  • Lunch where I get the local interpretation of a hamburger
  • wander around the small town some more
  • Look for a minibus to the airport – no good
  • pay a taxi AR$50
  • Wait and wait in the airport
  • Flight – mostly on time; I speak English so I can sit in the exit row seats.
  • Flight back
    • a Chinese tourist sees all the empty seats in hte exit row and takes on. Quickly the crew asks him, in English, whether he understood them. When he refused to answer or move, 4 of the crew helped him. I suspect he was delayed significantly once we landed.
    • see some of the fires causing huge air pollution issues for the entire region from the air (camera is packed away)
    • see Buenos Aires just as the Sun sets – beautiful view
    • From touchdown to apartment is less than 20 minutes.
  • Quick coffee with Jim’s family; goodbye
  • Pizza! We return to the best pizza place so far. Order 4 Cokes with the pizza, 2 each, to avoid having to wait for service. The bottles are just 10oz each.