Updates

Haven't updated in a while mostly because the purpose of my blog was to inform my family of my whereabouts and doings, but since they have been with me for the last few days there have been easier methods of communication. I showed my mom and my sister around Buenos Aires for three days and acted as a guide. On Wednesday we flew to Iguazu Falls which is the biggest waterfall in the world with over 5,000 cubic meters of water passing over the falls every second. To put that in perspective the next biggest falls, Victoria Falls, has 1,000 cubic meters of water pass over it ever second. And, according to wikipedia (a widely respected reference), Iguazu is the 4th most spectacular natural wonder after the Sergenti Migracion, the Galápagos Islands, and Grand Canyon. We took an obscene amount of pictures but unfortunately we don't have the cable to upload them. The falls were amazing, but the Disneylandification surrounding it was cringe worthy. We walked a shit ton, it was hella hot, and my mom got sun stroke apparently, but we did it. It was around 35 degrees celcius the whole day. We even took this obscure path that took us through legitamite rain forest and got to this secluded pool with a waterfall where there were only two other people. However, the price I paid for this side adventure was a nice collection of bug bites on my ankles, some of which have started pussing out. If this is bad, please let me know. We also saw wild monkeys on this walk and ants whose bodies were were as big as three M&M's joined together with legs sticking out the middle one and pinchers out the head. I also saw the biggest hornet of my life and it was blood red. It had probably just killed a deer or something. The hostel at Iguazu was a total party hostel and way nicer than hostels normally are. It seems that hostels have converted from being cheap places to stay for shoe string travelers to youth hang out hotels for all the Europeans and Aussies doing Gap Years or round the world tickets. Why don't americans travel? Anyway, today we came to Bariloche after two flights which seemed like a better idea than a 40 hour bus ride. We arrived in Bariloche and were greeted with weather similar to that of March in Seattle. Windy and rainy. We have a lake side house that is amazing and hopefully things heat up as tomorrow my brothers and dad arrive from a snowy Seattle expecting a sunny South American vacation. It is interesting to note that in terms of latitude, where I am right now is lower than the lowest point of South Africa, and lower than most of New Zealand. Ok, well it's not that interesting. Alright, not sure when I'll update again because like I said the purpose of this blog was to update my family, (and MZ too I suppose), and since my family will be here this blog would be more of a journal type thing. Don't get me wrong, journals are cool, Lewis & Clark kept journals, but journals are close cousins with diaries and I am not trying to get into that grey area. There will be more updates but not with the same frequency as there was. But who knows, it's a mystery. Later. (Probably post Iguazu pictures because that place is gnarly)