Saturday, 19 February 2011

More queues (sic) than a billiard hall!

We always knew that transfer days would not be good and it turned out we were quite right!  Having got used to a very lazy Uruguyan way of life, we were up at 7am for a transfer back into Argentina (via Buenos Aires).  The first flight was only 20 minutes late but then on arriving at immigration, there were two queues: (1) Residents and foreigners and (2) people from Canada, Australia, NZ and the USA.  We obviously joined the first queue, but were sent back by a very rude man and then had to join the tail end of the second one, which started processing our line as all the nationals were safe and dry - shame was mr rude avoided us.  We then had to queue for an hour to drop our bags off for the flight to Peuerto Igazu (although we had checked in).  Our flight was called and we waited in the last queue of the day to board, only to find the flight was delayed by an hour and a half.  Aerolinas Argentinas have not covered themselves in glory so far! 

We arrived at our hotel in Puerto Igazu at around 5.30pm and found a complete change in climate. The bad news is that it is very humid, but the good news is that with being in a constant sauna, we will lose weight.

It is an early start tomorrow to see Iguazu Falls from the Argentine side, and then it is viewing from the Brazillian side the day after.

PS: we opened the door of our hotel in Punta del Este this morning to leave, only to find it pouring down! 

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