Hipo-Hamster

A combination of night buses got me to Esteros del Ibera, a natural reserve comprised of wetlands. There I took a small boat out with a guide to see capybaras and caimans. The two creatures, one chubby cuteness, the other lean maliciousness, coexist there, along with a variety of bird species, in relative peace. The guide claimed the caimans don't eat the adult capybaras, which can be as big as 80 kgs, but do prey on the young.

Capybaras

Caiman

From the reserve I made tracks towards Puerto Iguazu, and Iguazu Falls. The falls are impressive. Really impressive. I mean god constantly flushing a toilet impressive. I visited both the Brazilian and Argentine side of the falls, and both yielded stellar views. Though the area of the falls is supposed to be teeming with wildlife, the only species that kept popping here and there is the raccoon-like coati.

Coati

Iguazu Falls

From the falls, I took the long ride to Buenos Aires, where I spent five days of sight-seeing and just walking about. Byenos Aires proved to be very different than any other city I've seen in South-America, and I liked it a lot.

From BA it was just a matter of 16 plus hours of air travel to find myself back home, where I am right now. So yeah, I 'm back, and looking forward to seeing everyone again. I just wish you could have done something about the weather though. See you all soon!

And for the last time (for this trip...), all the pics are here.