No words

I have no clue where to even begin to start describing what an amazing weekend I had.  So friends...lets start at the beginning.

Thursday, we all boarded onto this double decker bus and set out for la provencia de Missiones.  This little side trip lasted 13 hours on the bus.  However, as dreadful as that sounds...this bus was top of the line.  The hostess/flight attendant man came around and offered us all chocolates. Not a bad way to start ehh? We later were offered dinner and snacks and when the lights went off, I reclined my chair and fell asleep.  Bright and early at 6 the next day, the lights flickered on as we were approaching our final destination.  We had a delicious breakfast of a few crackers and dulce de leche and we were on our way!

We finally arrived and our first stop was a ranch were we spent the whole day.  This blew my expectations out of the water.  It was a beautiful piece of land that stretched for many miles.  There was a swimming pool, tennis court, volley ball court, and a ping pong table.  The whole day we went from sport to sport competing against each other.  It was a little hard to restrain my competitiveness.  I mean...who really likes to lose? The owners at the ranch also served us more food than I would be able to eat in an entire lifetime.  Maybe thats an exaggeration, but really.  I have to admit, I have become quite a connoisseur of meats.  In the afternoon, the owners showed us their mate farm.  For those of you who do not know what mate is...here we go! This is literally an addictive drug to the people here.  It is sort of like hot tea.  People walk around the city carrying their mate mugs with long straws and they always offer to share with their friends.  I'm not a huge fan of this tradition, but the majority of people in Argentina are OBSESSED with it.

Saturday was one of the best days of my life.  This is not an exaggeration people! We went to Iguazu Falls and I wish there were words that could accurately describe it.  We hiked around the falls all day and I took millions of pictures of the waterfalls.  It was one of the most breathtaking sites I have ever seen.  The coolest part of the day was when we took a boat inside the waterfall.  This was an experience I will never forget.  We all climbed into the boat with our huge, orange life jackets and were ready for the adventure.  As we got close to the falls, the guide put his waterproof hood up and tightened it so only his eyes were showing.  This is when I knew it was about to get real.  And boy did it get real fast.  The driver drove straight into the falls and I was dripping in water from head to toe.  However, this did not stop us as we screamed, "Mas, Mas!"  That means, "More, More!"  The driver would then drive even farther into the falls.  It was the craziest thing to look straight up and watch the water come rushing down.  Although, the majority of the time, I was squinting my eyes because the water was so powerful.

Sunday was our last day at Iguazu Falls and we went to visit a civilization that lives in the middle of no where.  They still use many forms of hunting and gathering in order to obtain food and substance for their village.  They live in many ways that people did about a 100 years ago.  They pride themselves in being a tight-knit community of about 2,000 people that they like the slow pace of life.  However, I found it sad that the majority of their income comes from giving tours of their village to foreigners.  I'm not so sure I would like tours to be given of where I live.

It is safe to say that this weekend I had the time of my life and luckily the only downer was that I got sick.  Only for about a day and a half did I lose my voice but now I believe I am on the up and up.  One last thing...I am so sad that I am not in Norman right now during rush with my little sister.  She is going through the Recruitment process right now and I wish I could see her in all her adorable outfits!

 TRI THE REST...PLEDGE THE BEST. RUSH DELTA DELTA DELTA!