Huge thanks to new pal Marijn for sharing her Iguazu pics with us. We visited Iguazu three weeks ago and Davidson convinced me not to bring my camera. Bad decision on my part to agree. The poor guy hasn’t heard the end of it. But all is well—now. Here we are with Marijn from the Netherlands, Keith and Danielle from Sydney.
En el hotel en Iguazu, nos llegamos a conocer con Gabriel, el conserje de hotel. El es un chico muy amable y se gusta mucho la música criolla de Argentina. Nos presentó a Mercedes Sosa, una mujer muy importante de la musica argentina. Ella murió en el año pasado pero su música ya vive en las corazones de mucha gente en Las Americas. He incluido uno de su canciones que me impactó muy profundamente. Se llama “Solo Le Pido a Dios”
Nutso rain for most of the three days we visited Iguaza Falls, or Las Cataratas de Iguazu. Let me recount the crazy part:
(Hotel room, 6:30 am)
Davidson: Babe, I don’t think you should bring the camera. It will get ruined. All that water, plus it’s raining heavily.
Denise: Uh, what? (scratch, scratch) It’s so early. What time do we have to meet the tour van? Uh, ok.
Yes, I didn’t bring my camera for fear of damaging it. And it wounded me to see other tourists whipping out their little cameras right in front of me. It hoits—not quite the same as when a legless amputee wants to kickbox. But I can most defs say that my camera is like a phantom limb, and thank heavens we met some nice Australians who will email their images to us. I’ll post those pics when I get them.
Blurgh. Lesson learned.
(By the way, the picture above is of La Aldea de la Selva, where we stayed. I highly recommend it—it’s in the jungle and incredibly well-designed. Very harmonious with the surroundings, understated and super comfy. If I’m gonna feel like a tourist, I may as well enjoy it.)
