trip diary
Longest Journey Travel Journal
Igua?u To SaltaOct 02, 2009 Fri | |
Morning | |
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08:30 | |
09:45 | |
10:29 | Macuco is some kind of bird.
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10:55 | fallen beauty |
11:01 | iguazu beetle |
11:14 | |
11:21 | deflowered leave |
11:38 | climbing strangler |
11:41 | salto arrechea Macuco waterfall |
11:45 | iguna Macuco waterfall |
11:46 | elusive lizard |
11:48 | iguazu lizard |
11:58 | strangler |
Afternoon | |
12:01 | macuco waterfall |
12:10 | iguazu caterpillar |
12:29 | iguazu tiger ant |
12:36 | tiger ant |
12:46 | dead tiger ant |
12:48 | croaching tiger |
13:06 | croaching tiger hidden ant |
13:16 | iguazu butterfly |
13:19 | school of butterfly |
13:19 | butterfly couple |
13:20 | world of butterflies |
13:21 | butterfly threesome |
13:24 | black butterfly |
13:25 | working ants carrying food |
13:26 | butterfly river |
13:35 | iguazu giant lizard |
14:02 | Waiting in airport
Taxi from iguazu waterfall costs 70 Pesos, it may be cheaper to go from town. |
14:41 | flight to salta Price:425
The Andes Online office is new and bright, next to the Aero Argentina office on the main street in Puerto Iguassu (if you can find Aero Argentina in Lonely Planet, you can locate Andes Online). I booked the flight two nights in advance and they still have seats. They open late. I was there at around 8:00pm. In the flight, they serve fancy biscuits. Planes looks pretty new. It looks better than United Airline. Flight left at 2:50, 25 minutes early than the time on my ticket (it makes paying premium for the taxi fair worthwhile). |
15:00 | iguazu rivers from the sky |
16:45 | shadow of my airplane |
16:45 | salta city from sky |
16:45 | shadow of airplane near salta |
17:07 | |
17:08 | Price:30p
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Night | |
18:00 | Price: 184p (I argued it down to 170p)
Nothing fancy but clean and modern, staff is friendly. Seems fair for the price. Free WIFI and internet. Breakfast included |
18:23 | marilian hotel |
18:33 | |
19:11 | salta cathedral |
19:16 | san franciso church |
19:38 | dinner at biodiet It is a bit spooky, the owner doesn't seem to expect visitors
Drink cost 8p vegetarian buffet price: 10p, so so dishes are cold |
20:01 | |
20:21 | ciudad feliz by Andres Sierra |
20:21 | kick the city |
20:22 | chaos of beetle |
20:43 | mac From the jungle of Iguasu, I flew into the cultured Salta, whereupon I trespass into a private artists gathering. My pants were stained with mud of the Macuco Trail (in Iguazu Fall), while others dressed in elegance. But they were too polite to kick me out or arrest me.
Everybody seemed to know someone else, and everyone was hugging and kissing someone else. There are artworks everywhere, some tacky woodcraft, some photos of shanty houses, and a whole wall of toilet paper, which I stared upon for minutes, trying to deduce the hidden philosophical meaning, but of no avail. |
20:49 | catedral at night |
20:54 | reflection of the catedral |
20:57 | sois fuertes |
21:06 | history museum |
21:15 | flip dancer |
21:15 | salta dancer |
21:16 | inverted pyramid dance |
21:17 | v-shaped explosion |
21:19 | one-handed stand |
21:22 | kick dancing |
21:24 | walking on invisible wall |
21:27 | paz concert It is some sort of Peace concert with dancing and music. |
21:33 | shoe store |