Sorry we haven't been writing. We weren't really doing anything exciting for the months of October and November. Now we are back on our traveling track. I'll just summarize what we have done in the last couple of months.
My parents came to visit in November to watch Shane compete in the World Championships in Mar Del Plata. That was really fun! We mostly relaxed when they were here and Shane trained. When we were in Mar Del Plata Shane one his fight for the team but Canada lost. It was a great experience though!
After my parents left Shane and I moved out of our beautiful apartment and back into the hostel to wait for Shantel's arrival. When she got here we attended a Tango show in Buenos Aires which was FANTASTIC! We had an amazing meal where Shantel had her first Argentinean
steak.
A day after that we got on a 20 hour bus ride to Iguazu Falls. When we got there it was 40 degrees and the humidity was almost unbearable. All three of us were a little cranky when we
got off our bus but once we arrived to our hostel and saw the huge swimming pool our spirits picked up. We spent the first day by
the pool where we met a couple of really cool Aussies, Matty and Linc. Then we made plans for all 5 of us to go see the Falls
together. We selected a packag
ed tour which was called the Green pass and it had three stages where we went on a safari, a boat, and a hike. We were super pumped that day and met a bunch of boys from Israel on our shuttle to the falls. They were hilarious. As soon as we arrived at the falls they named me group leader... I have no idea why! So I picked up the tickets for the whole group and we got on our Safari truck and headed into the jungle.
were everywhere and it was exactly what you expect a jungle to look like. The craziest part about this jungle was the gigantic spiders!! While we were driving there were HUGE webs above us with the spiders right in the middle of it! They were disgusting. Shane and Shantel were both freaking out... and that was funny :) 
After the drive through the jungle we boarded a river boat. They told us that there were going to be rapids but there weren't. It didn't matter though because the view of the falls were so breathtaking we didn't even notice the river anymore! There were two sections of the falls that the boat took us to. The first one was too big and steamy that we couldn't boat underneath of it... but the second one was a bit smaller and the boat took us right
underneath of it. You could feel the energy and the strength of the falls before we were even under it so imagine what was like when that crazy driver took us right under it! We got SOAKED!!! Thank god for the waterproof camera or we wouldn't have captured the view of the falls when we were under it. I don't think I opened my eyes until we were almost parked by the bank to get off!
After we got off the boat it was like we walked into a world made up of just butterflies. They
were EVERYWHERE!! We were told by our guide that they would land on us because they like to lick the salt off our bodies. I seriously had like 50 on me at one time. I didn't mind! Linc started calling Shane the butterfly killer because he was so clumsy when he'd put his arm around me and he'd squish the poor buggers.
So we hiked around the falls taking in the beautiful landscape and the breathtaking views of the falls. It was a really long day for us and we were pooped when we got back to the hostel. For the next couple of days we just hung out by the pool and spent Christmas with our new Aussie friends. We had a blast!!
We said our goodbyes to Shantel last night and got on a bus to head to Mendoza. This is where we are now and we have some crazy plans for the next couple of days!!
We will be keeping the blog updated from here on in so stay tuned!! :)
Ash
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