From the North of Argentina to the South

So this is a late post but we have left the 90 degree North tip of Argentina in Iguazu falls and are now in the South tip, in El Calafate. We loved Iguazu because we were in a tropical rainforest with butterflies, reptiles and really not to many bugs. We went to the park for two days and did every single trail in the park. The park really is not that big, but we were amazed none the less. On our own trek to the small waterfalls there was thunder and lightening the entire way and on the way back it poured on us. We were trekking through the mud but it was so warm, Amber was in her bathing suit! It was great to see the park without all the people and we really enjoyed listening to all the sounds of the jungle. We were amazed at how thick the rainforest really is and how there are every type of plant you could think of.

So glad to be here together- the negative ions worked!!!

Here is the one snake that I spotted out, kinda looks like Fez, huh?

A huge lizard that let us get just two pictures.

Can you see the butterflies on me? They kept landing on me and would chill while I walked through the park, my new buddies.

On the first day we had a beautiful clear sunny day, which is unusual for this time of year. We saw all the waterfalls, monkeys, a snake, lizards, over 10 different varieties of butterflies, many birds and a ton of flowers. The falls are really undescribable and the pictures do not do them justice. The sound and the length of these falls is insane and really makes you feel small. The sheer power of them is breathtaking. We loved our hostel and really felt a connection with the jungle here. We were so glad to be back in a forest and spent a lot of our time in the park. Other than that we hung out by our pool (because it was sooooo muggy), chilled with our new friends from Australia, cooked all our own meals and recovered with sleep. We were sad about all the deforestation in this area though. It seems that they cut the trees down to grow pine trees for lumber. We want to look into some way to help with the deforestation, because as we drove back to Buenos Aires it is so apparent. We had an 18 hour bus drive to Buenos Aires then we barely made our flight to El Calafate, another 5 hour plane ride. But we made it from the north to the south. If you can google map the distance it is insanely far and the difference in the environments is crazy!!!! Love you all and miss you- here are a couple more pictures.