Friday, January 23, 2009

I'm a hankerin' for some Iguazu

This is my last day here in Iguazu, home to the widest falls in the world. Let me tell you. They’re wide. Niagara’s got nothing on Iguazu. This will be the first post with pictures in it. Some of them might include me in them! And yes, I did indeed get a hair cut. As you can see, Iguazu is wide. As my family and I walked through the jungles around Iguazu we came across a small driblet (driblet? Is that a word? A dribble?) which we dubbed “Iggy Minor”. We also came across an iguana. I guess you could give him the same name.


Anyway, pictures:







Besides the waterfalls (or cataratas in Spanish), the town of Iguazu doesn’t have much worth writing about. Our hotel is cool I guess.. we have a little cabin with rooms. Well, I guess all cabins have rooms, but this one is special. Internet access is… limited. Internet is only accesable in the main lobby, which is a painful walk through gravel if you are not wearing shoes. For me, that is usually the case. My one attempt at Facebooking resulted in the keyboard bursting into flames and melting onto my lap. Six months is going to be hard.
Speaking of six months, it has really begun to hit me that I am going to be gone. For a while. With limited internet access that will reoccurringly cause the computer to spontaneously combust. It has been about two weeks since I left, and if me calculations are correct, I am a little under a thirteenth of the way through my trip. I should probably ditch the count down thing.

Anyway, I’m not gonna do the comment thing this time because I did one in comments and people kind of… stopped commenting. So if you are reading this: comment comment comment! (unless you already do it religiously, in which case you might want to put down the computer and find a good book)

I head off to Mendoza tomorrow, and I'll blog from there, but probably not the first day.

21 comments:

  1. AMAZING PICTURES!! OOOHHH so pretty pretty!!!!! I <3 Iguazu.

    Good luck with the computer not spontaneously combusting/melting!!!!
    And where's Mendoza?
    And OMG HOW COULD I FORGET THIS???? I have the song we wrote for you and I need to find some way to send it to you!!!!!!!!!! Any suggestions?
    Oh oh oh annnnnnnddddd you haven't answered my question yeet!... I'm not really that obnoxious, am I? Cause if I am actually that obnoxious I'll make an effort to not be.
    I love youuuu!!!!!! And we miss youuuu! Actually the other day someone walked by our table at lunch and I completely jumped out of my seat for a moment cause I thought it was you somehow O.o
    Anyway.... byes!!!

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  2. Cool Alex! Yay! First comment! ^^
    ...yes, I have no life.
    Hey! I think we might have seen those falls in a "Planet Earth" vid on fresh water in science class the other week! You know, I swear it was them! Cool! Is it really noisy by them? I betcha it is. Did you see any fish? If you see an orange and white fish with black spots will you tell me? And if you come across anything interesting (male or female) please name him/her/it Alfred. Like, if you see a tourist with funky hair or too much lipstick, name her Alfred. I'm serious.
    Iguana! Yay!
    Spontaneously combusting computers, eh? Did it have a heart attack? If so, tell me, so I can freak out and say, "Light! I see the light! I mean Raito! I mean Light! I don't know what I mean!" Heart attacks scare me.
    Mendoza. Fun name. I will name a rock Mendoza. Hello, Mendoza, how are you?
    Mendoza is giving me the silent treatment wah!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Oh will you get to see a place? That would be cool.
    Oh, and PLEASE respond to the comments! It's fun!
    Love you Alex! Take care! Remember: Never eat a cheese sammich if the cheese is green.
    Bye!!!
    -S.D.C.

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  3. How's Maria doing?


    19/1/18/1/8

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  4. sarah i know that is you. i broke your code like a twig!

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  5. hey alex!
    those waterfalls sound pretty....wide....
    no but seriously they look awesome!
    yay for pictures!!
    you REALLY haven't gotten a tan! and nice hair cut! it's the same as before.... just shorter. i got a haircut too. well actually i cut my own hair....haha random....
    anyways yes you should stop the count down, it doesn't help, take it from someone who knows.
    is it just me or is the font different in the beginning?
    and no don't stop the commenting thing!!!!!!
    tons of hugs! miss ya!
    -merrit

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  6. hey alex trying to keep my comments down to one a post to avoid becoming annoying (unlike anonymous other) *cough* patrick. Anyways Igazu sounds fun.

    William

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  7. I havent been checking ur blog recently...sorry!

    IT LOOKS AWESOME I HOPE U ARE HAVING FUN.....I THINK U R!

    i like the pictures!

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  8. i have only been posting once, william !!!!!!!!!!
    and nice pictures (and haircut) by the way.
    things are good over here (as far as i know)
    have fun and carry a fire extinguisher wherever you go. (mother nature: the woman's a maniac)
    -patrick

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  9. Hello
    omg--like really OH MY GOD THOSE WATER FALLS ARE BEAUTIFUL
    is there any way you can transport me there or something?????????????
    anyway
    my life = sucky history day
    flotten is about ready to murder svo and i....yeah, not fun, we fail, i hate Dr. Seuss....*goes off in a corner and cries*
    but for the most part my life is good, i fell really badly while skiing the other day and suffered really bad wiplash and how i can't comfortably move my neck....
    oh wow my life seems to have been bad recently
    but no matter, i'm unscarred,
    i have a mission for you: find out how to say The World is Ending in spanish
    hope you are enjoying being surrounded by spanish words
    -paige

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  10. Hello Jenson Family. So glad you sent pictures. They are particularly artistic, who took them?
    Only a 13th of the way through, great, so much more to come. Don't worry about internet or flames, that is probably the easy part of the trip. (smile)
    Hugs all around.
    Loca Tia, Lauri

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  11. i love the pictures, it looks amazing there!! it fricking cold here......

    and i actually remembered to check your blog (i feel so proud....) but theres a lot to catch up on...... a well

    anyway...

    this is steph

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  12. Those are sick pics...this is darius...hows it goin?...dood if you have a meebo, my acount is NoobLr. Vid Chat!!!

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  13. HEY!!!!!.... how is the cell service in south america....
    Say.... could you get a picture of a Mud Skipper.... i am thinking about getting one.... =D

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  14. (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(")

    I MADE A BUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!

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  15. (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(") We made a bunny, too! Hey Alexander from Cincinnati! It's Carmen and Theresa! I found your blog! I'd want to say anonymous but I knew you to break my code like a twig. (ya right) So I just found out a new way to e-mail you and I am so proud of myself! :) I have a question, how do you make two front teeth for the bunny, if there even is a way? Well... this is Carmen saying bye and e-mail us later couse/nephew! :)

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  16. We worked really hard on that bunny! :(

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  17. You have an awesome picture, dude!
    I wanna be just like you, man!
    It seems like you and popularity are two peas in a pod, like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt home skillet!
    talk to ya later.

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  18. HI Alex!
    It sounds like you're having a lot of fun. The pictures are really nice. Have you bought a sombrero yet? Anyway, I've been sick all week with some weird virus so I have to do History Day stuff while being sick (I'm sort of dazed so all of my writing sounds really loopy).
    Have fun and name something Alfred like Stephanie said!
    From,
    Joe JK*

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