So two Tuesday's ago, the 8th, I left Salta to go on a trip with AFS to Iguazu, Argentina. The students from Salta included me, Sophie from Austria, and Lydia from the US. The first leg of our trip took us from Salta to Resistencia, a 13 hour bus ride. The bus ride was itself an adventure for a bunch of reasons. Firstly, after the first stop, this women got on who started talking on the phone for forever! At the next stop a women with a crying baby got on, just our luck! And then at the next stop two nuns got on our bus. Yes two nuns. And lucky for us every time the baby started crying, the nun would pull out her little rosary and WHAM the baby would fall silent. It was like some godly power she possessed. The other interesting part of the trip was the bus bathroom. For one thing I'm sort of 87% sure it was haunted. Let me describe it. At first glance it was like any other bus bathroom; nasty, stanky, and dirty. The only light was a dim glow from a blinking blue light, and the mirror in the bathroom had about 7 cracks in it. Thus when looking in the cracked mirror along with the flickering dim blue glowing light, the thoughts "I am about to die, my reflection is going to kill me!!" were constantly running through my head. I was half hopping one of the nuns would go to the bathroom so they could perform an exorcism or something like that.
(Hannah, Freja, and Chiara)
We waited at the bus station for about 3 hours for other exchange students to arrive, and once every had, we went exploring in the city. We went to a culture museum where everyone was more interested in this sign then the art. 
(Los estadounidenses)
Then we just kind of chilled in a park playing games, telling jokes, and stories.
Then that night at around 9, the rest of the exchange students arrived who had already been on a trip for 5 days to Salta and Jujuy. It was a little overwhelming meeting 50 new people in 5 minutes. And to be quite honest I still have no idea what some of their names are, even though I spent 5 days with them.
We got on the bus and took another 13 bus ride to Iguazu. In the morning we had breakfast at this cute little restaurant and then went to the Wanda mines. No one really knew we were doing this as part of the trip, so it was a pretty nice surprise!
(Three Gringos)
The mines are famous for their quartz stones. These white one's are suppose to give you energy if you put your left hand on the rock and point the right one towards the sun.
(Me and Sophie, Salteños <3)We went in a huge open jeep, and our first stop was a little waterfall. Here we went repelling down a it!
Our next stop was a zip-line through the forest. It wasn't that steep so instead of feeling like you were falling, it felt more like you were flying.
(Me and Freja, my new Danish BFF)
That night we just hung out and played cards, listened to music, and bonded. It was a pretty chill evening. At this point I tried bonding with my fellow Danes and tried to speak Danish with them. Unfortunately each time I tried I wouldn't be able to remember a word, or I would speak in Spanish. I also taught them all the dances I had learned at Danish Camp, and we had a pretty good time singing and dancing along with Nik og Jay. 
(Leo and Maija who are living in Uruguay)
The next morning it was rainy and yucky, but that didn't stop the days activities of going to the famous Iguazu Falls. These waterfalls are ridiculous. There’s no doubt why they are
considered one of the greatest natural wonders in the world. Seeing the
incredible magnitude of these bad boys almost makes me feel sorry for
Niagara. Don’t get me wrong, I love Niagara Falls they are a wonder of the US, I grew up with them
virtually in my backyard. Yet, I still have never been to them, but from what I've seen on TV and in movies, gotta say compared to Iguazu, Niagara is like a little trickle of water from a dried out faucet.
As soon as we got there, half the student went into the gift shop to buy the super over priced pieces of plastic they called ponchos. Unfortunately for those that didn't, as soon as we stepped inside the park, it started to POUR. And I'm not just talking rain, I'm sayin' full on buckets of water pouring from the sky. Which thus makes my Facebook album name appropriate when I called it "When I went Iguazú and if I'd peed myself nadie would have known."
We took at little walk through the forest... or really the "rain forest"! Get it? Cause it was raining! And then arrived at this little train that would take us to the famous "Garganta del Diablo" or "Devil's Throat".
An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of water per second plummet into the abyss.
(Pia, Maija, Me, Carla, Luise)
(The crew! I'm in the way back between the person in the green and red coats)
We then began a long walk to the place where we ate for lunch. Along the way we stopped about every 5 seconds to take pictures of the Falls!
(Anton!)
Lunch was a nice refuge from the outside storm, and gave us a nice opportunity to be really cold and wet.
After lunch as soon as we stepped outside the sun came out! We removed our ponchos, and got ready for a boat tour of the falls on a river between Brazil and Argentina! They pick you up in this small, 20-person life raft and take off
straight towards one end of the falls. Once in close range, the driver
yells “photos, photos, photos” and you have a few moments to snap your
best shots. Seconds later he instructs us to pack everything back into
the waterproof bags as he positions the boat for power wash. Next thing
you know the boat lunges forward and suddenly you’re getting dumped on
by the amazing force of the water. The boat zips in and out, each time
going deeper and deeper into the falls. Just when we thought the shower
was over the driver speeds off to the other canal of the falls to rinse
and repeat. We emerge laughing, drenched and relieved. It was the
perfect way to see the falls up close and personal. The only thing that
sucked was walking back up to the hotel in our soaking wet clothes.
(Nikki rocking the poodle hair on the boat)
(View of the falls! I swear there were so many rainbows I was surprised skittles weren't falling from the sky)
(I'm next a waterfall and soaked just take my picture already!)
(Falls from the boat)
(Los chicos)
On our way back for the falls we stopped at the Paraná river which is the widest river in the world and the 14th-longest. From the spot this picture was taken you can see Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina all at once!
(to the left is Paraguay, to the right is Brazil, and where that tree is is Argentina)
And of course you can't go long in
Argentina without a party. That day was the birthday of one of the volunteers so we had a birthday party! It was a lot of fun. We had to get up at 5 in the morning the next day, but we decided to say no to that because we could sleep on the 12 hour bus ride. So at 4:45 a.m. we "went to bed" and 15 minutes later we were downstairs for breakfast. The look on people's faces as they walked into the dinning room was priceless. Everyone looked like ZOMBIES.
(Some of the Dane gang partying it up like Danes do!)
Over all it was one of the most amazing five days of my life! I don't think I have ever had a week where nothing, not even the 12 hour long bus rides, was boring. I miss everyone from the trip, but I will see them in a month and a half for the leaving camp. I can't believe I only have a month and a half left here! There are some days when I get really excited about getting to go home and have Applegate's, thin mints, or Microwave popcorn (I miss that most of all). But at the same time I've realized that 6 months will never be enough time in this amazing country, and I would have loved to stay for a year if that was possible.
Next post is about the Argentina Salt Flats which I went to last Sunday and then on Monday I finally get my promo's sweatshirt!!! We are planning a party during school so we can take pictures all day!
Chau!
P.S. "Does anyone every get asked by the boys in their class 'Querés ir a mi casa y cocinar la milanesa? O... Las Empanadas? ;)' " -Nikki
