Posadas
Trip Start
Jan 25, 2009
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Trip End
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Posadas, Argentina
Sunday, February 8, 2009
I took the overnight bus to Posadas, hoping to go visit the Reserva de Ibera, one of the national parks that some say is as good, if not better than the more well known Patanal region in Brazil. However, there once I got there, I found that there was no way to do that, and I would have to go back half way to BA and then figure out a way to do it in a private 4x4 truck. It had just rained, so the road was not very good. And I got a qoute of over 1,000 US dollars to do that. I would have liked to see that reserve, but I don't care for it that much.
So, I took a stroll down to the river. I had wonderful views of the river, the bridge connecting to the country of Paraguay, and the Paraguayan city of Encarnation. Except for a few lonely boaters, and maybe a jogger and a bicyclist, there was no one on the riverwalk, and everything was closed and it seemed like a dead town. Little did I know that it was siesta time.
That evening, people came out of everywhere. Streets were closed for traffic and they became a long corridor of outdoor cafes, street vendors and just tons of people.
Posadas is across the river from Encarnation, a town in Paraguay. I later found out that this was carneval weekend in Paraguay, and given that Encarnation is much smaller than Posadas, everyone from Paraguay crosses the border into Argentina and comes to Posadas.
Comments
Argentia
Argentia looks like a well developed country. Also good to know about the bus service. The blog is quite interesting. How are you doing we miss you. Am glad you took the courage to take the trip seems like fun and a life time experience. I believe today is off to Antartica. Get the parka out.