So, as meado says, we made it to BA... something always in our plan, but, as you may remember we had planned to go to Paraguay and to see that Dam i mentioned when we were in Posadas... We did not make it to either. Instead we did a bit more wandering, booked bus journeys and lazed by the pool. We have since found out the only thing to do in, and why everyone goes to Posadas, is to see some ruins. Where's that tourist office again?!?!
BA it was.. we had an idea to make our travels flow a little more organically, explore a few more places etc etc.., based loosely on a theory by a a guy we met, a seasoned traveler for twenty or so years he knows his stuff. Not once booked a hostel in this time, this was the way to go. He did plan where he wanted to go, he had bench marks- something we feel we have (though just not as solid as his perhaps) but booking hostels was for losers, and we did not want to be three of them. Lets try his thinking we thought.
It was the night before BA.. we decided to wing it, not plan our hostels as much as we had and do it the night before we arrived in BA, tho being British we couldn't bring our selves to completly wing it ... an email was sent and a confirmation received. While this was less official than online booking it was slight planning, a good medium between the previous and just turning up. We were not planning... but were planning.. surely this would work our fine!?
We arrived in BA, got to 'our hostel', got welcomed in... and told they did not have room, no payment had been received so the room was gone, despite confirmation. I guess three are more tricky to fit in than one lone wolf! Many phone calls later, yet more wandering,and we got accepted into a hostel and went out to celebrate...
3 days passed, we were full of beef and wine, and we did it again, booked another hostel and got the same result. This time we went back to good old tried and tested hostelworld.com way. Proper planning. Confirmation received and then double confirmation received ...we relaxed. One problem- we had booked for 27th march 2010 not 27th Feb 2010. Only we could do this!
We are now back in the hostel we started in, after guess what.. more bloody wandering.
The good news?? I found some sunglasses that suit me (ish).. so much so i was called '80s boy' by a tour guide- i think thats is a complement.
jonny xx
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Saturday, 27 February 2010
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
We like to wander...
Hola, time for another load of drivel, boasting and moaning for your eyes to look over!
As i write this, its 8.30 pm and the boys and i are chilling by the pool trying to organise the next leg of our journey... an impossible task despite our enormous understanding of spanish, our hatred for haveing to plan things is getting in th way ( like writing this instead).
We are now in Posadas, south of iguazu by about 5/6 hours and a whole lot less touristy (excellent!!) than our previous stops. A much smaller town than seen so far, yet still large enough for it to have everything, including a massive dam( which we will explore tomorrow).. oh and Paraguay (home of cheap electrical items and other general cheap tatt) is literally a quick bus journey over the river, something we also plan to do tomorrow. However we have not planned it.
If we get there pics will be up soon..... well, in about 2015, as argi internet is not the best.
The hostel is great, really chilled out with a central courtyard with pool smack bang in the middle. lonely planet is missing a trick not recommending this beauty. sadly the bar with views over the river to Paraguay is still being constructed, so off to the river front tonight to sample some of their drinking and eating culture.though i hope mainly the drinking side.
So what have we done here?? Wandering around seems to have become a past time for us, asking for directions from locals, then ignoring them and using our own judgment means that we can enjoy this past time even more. it really is fun, u should try it. Banks and shopping malls have been visited by us more than the local tourist office.. i think we are going wrong somewhere.
On one of our wanders today we went (eventually) to a Paraguay market to see some local arts and crafts from th other side of the river, a bit of culture and a hint of what we will see tomorrow. sadly all we saw was cheap electrical goods, cheap sunglasses and what look like stolen watches. now that is culture! i did learn one thing, sunglasses dont suit me, and i prob should not laugh at stalls holders wares.
i hope this has been fun for u, it has for me. there is so much more but i think this is long enough, and it is now 9 pm ,30 mins after i started, postcards never took this long to write.
jonny
xxxx
As i write this, its 8.30 pm and the boys and i are chilling by the pool trying to organise the next leg of our journey... an impossible task despite our enormous understanding of spanish, our hatred for haveing to plan things is getting in th way ( like writing this instead).
We are now in Posadas, south of iguazu by about 5/6 hours and a whole lot less touristy (excellent!!) than our previous stops. A much smaller town than seen so far, yet still large enough for it to have everything, including a massive dam( which we will explore tomorrow).. oh and Paraguay (home of cheap electrical items and other general cheap tatt) is literally a quick bus journey over the river, something we also plan to do tomorrow. However we have not planned it.
If we get there pics will be up soon..... well, in about 2015, as argi internet is not the best.
The hostel is great, really chilled out with a central courtyard with pool smack bang in the middle. lonely planet is missing a trick not recommending this beauty. sadly the bar with views over the river to Paraguay is still being constructed, so off to the river front tonight to sample some of their drinking and eating culture.though i hope mainly the drinking side.
So what have we done here?? Wandering around seems to have become a past time for us, asking for directions from locals, then ignoring them and using our own judgment means that we can enjoy this past time even more. it really is fun, u should try it. Banks and shopping malls have been visited by us more than the local tourist office.. i think we are going wrong somewhere.
On one of our wanders today we went (eventually) to a Paraguay market to see some local arts and crafts from th other side of the river, a bit of culture and a hint of what we will see tomorrow. sadly all we saw was cheap electrical goods, cheap sunglasses and what look like stolen watches. now that is culture! i did learn one thing, sunglasses dont suit me, and i prob should not laugh at stalls holders wares.
i hope this has been fun for u, it has for me. there is so much more but i think this is long enough, and it is now 9 pm ,30 mins after i started, postcards never took this long to write.
jonny
xxxx
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