Witness the Awesome Power!: Some pics from Iguazu

Last weekend we went to Iguazu falls. It was pretty freakin' cool. Here's some pictures.


Here's the group except for Katie, who's taking the picture.


Here's everyone in front of the falls.


Here's the falls (well, part of the falls). See that big waterfall on the left side? Yeah, we went through that on a boat.


Here's me with a butterfly trying to eat my jacket.



Another view of the falls.


Here's the view from atop "the Devil's Throat", the largest part of the falls. Yeah, that's only part of it, it keeps going for a bit.

That's it. There's nothing to say about Iguazu. There's just no right way to express the falls in words. Even the pictures hardly do justice. You really have to go to understand the immensity of the place.

JC

A Solitary Photo from Bariloche

Because I'm clearly doing a poor job of getting around to actually organising the information about the various trips I have (and will be, Iguazu falls this weekend) gone on, here it a quick data point from our trip to Bariloche.
Here's the lot of us, including two guys from our hostel that we ran into on the way to the port the day before and ended up adventuring with for a few days. In any case, if you look toward the upper right of the land, you'll see a hill with a large building. This is a really nice resort hotel, and gives a good idea of how far and how high we biked. We were at that hill (at the top) a few hours before we took this photo. That is, we biked from that hotel all the way around and up the hills to where we're standing in the photo. And we actually set off about an hour prior to reaching that hotel, so there's a bit of extra distance that we covered before that.

I guess it goes without saying, but it was a pretty long trip. Incredible, really, and we saw a ton of cool things on the way to the top.

Did I mention that it's cold?

The current weather report for Bariloche: -3 Celsius, overcast.

It's cold. I'm wearing a sweater and a jacket indoors! (And a hat...)

The Next Plunge

Bariloche has been fantastic. I am posting this from the hostel on our last full day here after getting back from horseback riding in the foothills and desert region east of Bariloche. We have taken tons of pictures and had a pretty incredible week, while meeting some great people as well. After coming off the mountain yesterday, I sat in the common room swapping stories with two guys from NZ, a girl from Ireland, an Australian, and another fellow from Ireland. Great fun.

Anyway, to add to the excitement, I've also officially signed up for Hungarian in the fall and started the process for the Fulbright application. With any luck, around this time next year I'll be packing my bags for a nine month trip to Budapest for an intense course of mathematics and (more) culture shock.

It never ends, eh?

-James

The Long Delay

Is going to get longer, sorry!

I haven't had the time to collect my pictures and stories from Mendoza yet, my apologies. Work got crazy as soon as I got back; my seminar went well and since then Adrian has had a lot of ideas and it seems that we're on the edge of finding something new; hopefully that will mean publication! In the middle of this, my friends decided we should go to Bariloche from Thursday through next Tuesday, so we're in Bariloche after a 23 hour bus ride. Long as hell, but worth it, as this place is incredibly beautiful, and it snowed last night! Just a little.

Anyway, real updates, well, when I get around to it. At least the delay is for a good reason (good as far as I'm concerned anyway!)

-J