Last days in South America

Written by Christopher, typed in by Mom and edited by Christopher.  No time to add pics at this time, maybe later.

12/10/2010
     This morning, we went horse back riding. On our ride, we saw an owl. Did you know that in this week, I rode more horses than the rest of my life. This week was the first time I've ridden a horse. Oh, and the horse I rode, the one who got all crazy, is on vacation. After riding, it started to rain hard. Next, we had lunch. We had lots and lots of meat. Then, I napped and did homework for the next six hours. After that, Dad and I played fusball. Dad won by a lot. Then, we had dinner. I ate almost nothing. We got back to the room and packed for tommorrow. The, we went to sleep.

12/11/10
     We had to wake up at 3:30 to drive to the port. We were going to go to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. We arrived at the hotel. Then, had lunch. I had a gigantic burger. It was so big, Mom and I had to share. Next,we decided to walk around a park and look at the beach. The park was nice and the beach was packed with people. We got back to the room, and rested for a while. Then, we had dinner. We had a pizza. The slices were huge. We got back to the room, and slept.

12/12/10.
      Today, we had a city tour of Montevideo. This tour wasn't as boring, because the guide actually explained something. One of the places we stopped at, was Independence Square. It had a statue of a General riding a horse. On July 18, the Uruguayans celebrate the writing of the constitution. After the tour, we got back to the hotel. We walked down the streets a little. Almost everything was closed because it was Sunday. We eventually found a place to eat for lunch. I had a good burger with great onions on it! We got back to the hotel. After a whle we decided to walk around a while more. We got back to the hotel. Dad took a nap, Mom was reading, and I was watching soccer. After the game, I took my tooth out! Then, we went to dinner. I had two burgers and a pile of fries on my plate. I ate 1 3/4 of burger and the whole pile of fries. (Mom and dad stole some). After dinner, we got back to the room, and slept.

12/13/2010
     Today, we are traveling to Iguazu Falls. We got a taxi to the Montevideo Airport. We flew to Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires, we had lunch. I had some Mediocre ravioli. Then we flew to Iguazu Falls. We arrived and our driver was a complete nutball. He tried to sell us a tour we already payed for. He also demanded to see all our papers. We eventually arrived at our hotel. Then, we walked through town. We got back to the room, and slept.

12/14/2010
     Today, we went to Iguazu Falls. First, we went to the devil's throat. At the devil's throat, there are lots of waterfalls. Since there was so much force hitting the water below, it flung mist in the air. It was nice to get wet, because it was warm outside. Next, we were walking on the upper trail. On the trail, we saw quatias. Quatias are very similar to raccoons and have a snout like an anteater. We saw lots of them. There was one quatia that walked on the handrail of the bridge to cross the river! After the upper trail, we had lunch. I had a hamburger. I tasted okay. I had a popsicle that I've never heard of. An orange Fanta popsicle. That tasted better. After lunch, we went on a drive through the jungle to the port. We were going to go very close to the bottom of a waterfall. When we went under the water fall, the whole boat had about a millimeter of standing water, all by mist! We went under the waterfall lots of times. When we were done, I was wet and freezing cold. Then we went back to the bus. We went to a viewpoint were you could see Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The nickname is the tree borders. Every country was clearly marked with a pillar. The pillar had the colors of the country's flag. After the viewpoint, we went back to the hotel. We walked through town. Then, had dinner. For dinner, we had ICE CREAM!! It was the best dinner ever. We got back to the hotel, and slept.