Yesterday was a leisurely day. We woke up late and decided to explore San Telmo by foot. We began at Desnivel, a local well known restaurant, and ate filet mignon, again. Then we headed to the park. Nuri quickly spotted the old men playing chess. We hung around and then Nuri asked, "Puedo jugar?" (Can I play?) Being an all star, he sat down and beat the 83 year old legend (their words, not mine) Francisco who has been playing in the park for 40 years. The old men clapped when Nuri put his geriatric opponent into checkmate. Francisco smiled and laughed, "No puedo ganar cada vez." (I can´t win every time.)
We walked the streets a little more and then took the subte to the bus station where we boarded our home for the next 20 hours. We sat first class on the upper level of the double decker bus (see 2nd picture above). The first thing they offered us- whiskey. Of course, Erika immediately got queezy and yakked into a plastic bag but we were able to put our seats all the way back and sleep for a million hours. Erika slept the whole way. What could have been a terrible ride was actually a comfortable trip that felt like no time at all.
We arrived at Hostal El Guembe just after noon and immediately planned a trip at 2. The trip took us on a nature walk through the jungle where our guide demonstrated the trapping done by the original indigenous people, the Guarani. Then onto the activities... rock climb, zip line, ladder climb, 2nd zip line, repel down. The zip line had an incredible view of Brazil and the Parana river, the 3rd largest in the Americas. After everyone had their turn, we got on boats that took us on a ride down the river to an area where you can see Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. We went through the waters of all three countries. (1st photo above).
Tonight we don´t have plans but we hope to check out the downtown area. Tomorrow- the waterfalls.
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