Argentina - Gualeguaychu, Concordia & Mercedes
We finally left Buenos Aires and are busing it up north to Iguazu Falls. It takes about twenty-five hours by bus, so we are stopping at towns on the way to break up the ride. Of the two ways to get there, we are taking the less travelled, more rural route because there are hot springs on the way.
Bill loves hot springs. I discovered just how much in 2000 when he took me on a trip to British Columbia, Canada, to ´find´ natural, undeveloped hot springs. This process involved off-road driving, hiking and sightings of naked, middle-aged hippie people; and as a result, we broke up twice on that trip.
Fortunately, the hot springs we visited this time in Gualeguaychu and Concordia were developed and people wore clothes.
We are currently in Mercedes. We are sort of stuck in this town tonight as we couldn´t make the connecting bus we wanted to catch in time. This town is not on the Lonely Planet and the tourist office was closed, so we ended up following a little kid tout to a hostel.
Bill at Mercedes bus station:
Downtown Mercedes:
3 comments:
Looks great. Out in the country, now you can look for your ranch or did you already get the one with the horses??
Jeeheon,
Have you already tried the Korean restaurant in Gualeguaychu?
Jeremy - we weren´t the only ones with the idea. The guy that founded North Face bought a huge chunk of Argentinean land:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-06-10-buying-chile-argentina_N.htm
Jikja - No Korean food in Gualeguaychu; but more steaks, pastas, pizzas, hamburgers and hot dogs in all restuarants. It´s like Bill´s birthday everyday.
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