Day 5 - "Into the Jungle!"

Only 3 hours after we had gone to bed (potentially with bed bugs), this day started early! Our flight to leave for Iguazu departed at 7am, and because of our superior packing skills that we had down to a science after moving from place to place, we had an extra hour at the airport, with which we tried to figure out how to use the pay phone (we still have no idea how to make them work). Upon landing in Iguazu, we tried to contact the hotel to let them know of our early departure and subsequent check in, and as a result we missed the only shuttle to our hotel. We were instead forced to spend 70 pesos on a terrible cab ride, after a failed attempt to bargain with the local cab drivers (we weren't in Kansas anymore!).

Driving through the jungle trail to our hotel, Christy was intrigued to learn of the flora and fauna native in Iguazu, including but not limited to rhinos, bears, big cats (pumas), monkey, and deer. We had set very low expectataions of what this hotel would look like, given the fact that we had booked it from the United States based solely on Chinese travel reviews, however were pleasantly surprised. Upon arrival, we dropped our bags in our rooms and passed out by the pool, mouths' dropped open in a coma-like state, for a majority of the day. Our first moment or rest in 5 days!!!

After some much needed R & R, we once again tried to get help from the locals on how to use the phone. We finally reverted to paying 13 pesos for a 3 minute call to book our next hostel back in BA. Dinner back at the hotel was lovely (buffet style!), as was filled a bottle of wine and deep conversation about our futures and life ambitions, plotting to take over the world of course. With glowing sun-burnt bodies, we turned in for bed at 11pm for 10 HOURS of sleep (1/3 of our travel sleep count)! AMAZING!!!!