"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."

I only spent a day and a half here (and wouldn't recommend spending much longer, because outside of the park there is literally nothing to see or do), but wow!!! What an amazing place. Iguazu Falls is right at the corner of the Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay border, and the falls themselves are accessible from either Brazil or Argentina.  If you have the time and money to spare, I hear that the view from the Brazilian side is almost as good, but you may need to plan ahead a bit to get a Brazilian visa. You can fly here directly (there's an international airport) or take one of the long distance buses as I did, about 18 hours from Buenos Aires.  It wasn't terrible, with fully reclining seats about like a first class airplane seat but a lot harder to sleep in due to bumpiness and winding roads.  It wasn't a trip I wanted to do twice, so we found a direct flight out of here to Mendoza. Ok, enough talk.  Check out these amazing waterfalls!     ...

Buenos Aires... a city of late nights, patriotism and passion.  A massive city of 30 million people, such a contrast from my time in Guatemala that it was pretty hard to transition and take it all in during the few days I spent there.  I walked the statue filled plazas, mingled with locals at a milonga , shared mate  with locals and fellow travelers, and joined thousands of protesters in a national march.  I didn't spend long here, but I made some memories and connections that I'll remember for a long time to come. Buenos Aires nightlife was perhaps the biggest change from Guatemala, where I was in bed by 10pm and awake at dawn.  In Buenos Aires, things start and end *late* - people generally have dinner around 10pm, and many dance clubs won't even open until 1 or 2am!  Consequently, mornings tend to start slow, often with a coffee & medialuna  for breakfast around 10 am, and a siesta later in the day for those who were up partying ...