I just got back from a trip to Argentina!!!! It was so fun!! On my first day there I arrived very late, but the next morning I went to Cementerio de la Recoleta. It was really creepy!! There are statues lining the paths, and some crazy crypts. They contain admirable people from the military, old presidents, famous people, and even politicians. It's quite a sight! Later that day I went out to eat at this restaurant called La Cholita. There's lots of traditional Argentinian foods, and I tried carbonada for the very first time. It is a stew with meat, pumpkin, corn, and potatoes. To my surprise, it was even baked in a pumpkin!! Carbonada was pretty good, but nothing I'm used to in America. Afterwards, I went back to my hotel to research new places to go to.
Later in the day, I went sight seeing around town, and saw some of the clothing customs around the cities and villages. The attire they wear is similar to Americans, including jeans or slacks, t-shirts, and Argentine World Cup soccer team jerseys. The jerseys seem to be the most popular trend, with many people wearing them. I was exhausted, so I went to my hotel to rest for the night. When I woke up, I was in for a really long drive!! I would be traveling 681 miles to Cerro Aconcagua, a huge mountain by the Argentinean and Chilean border. It would take around 12 hours to arrive, so I wouldn't be seeing it until the next day. We drove for what seemed like a thousand years, but we finally got there. It was night time and we were all tired, so we checked into our new hotel and went to bed.
When I awoke it was daylight, and we were off to see Cerro Aconcagua. It was the biggest, scariest mountain I've ever seen!!!!!!! It is 22,841 feet tall, and has a lot of faces around it. I wanted to climb it, but it looked so massive I decided against it....I would've needed a lot of equipment!! Another sight we definitely wanted to see was Parque Nacional Iguazu. It was a whopping 1,706 miles away, so we needed to get driving. It was going to take anywhere from 16 to 20 hours, so we would have to stop along the way to spend the night at another hotel. I didn't have a problem with it, so we gathered our stuff and headed for Parque Nacional Iguazu!!
The drive was quite brutal, but we made it. Parque Nacional Iguazu was the prettiest and most exciting park I've ever seen!! There are huge waterfalls and plenty of wildlife, too. There are about 2,000 plant species, and 400 types of birds alone! Unfortunately, it was our last day in Argentina. We spent as much of the day in Parque Nacional Iguazu as we could, then packed up our stuff and waited for the flight home, which was very, very early the next morning. Argentina was so much fun, and I definitely recommend going there!!!!
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