So our time in Iguazu was over….
Our new travel buddy from Chicago had left us for Chile and we decided to go and say farewell to our other friends before they left for Bolivia
We arrived at their hostel a mere 5 minute walk but they were no where to be found…We had a little lunch and eventually they appeared and so did a huge thunder storm. We said our goodbyes and waited for the rain to slow which it did.
Now Iguazu is made up of a lot of clay, when clay mixes with water you get a huge MESS!!
So Sarah and I military style decided it was a better idea to go through the bush than along the road where cars were splashing tidal waves of red water at head height. What this meant was our trainers got heavier and heavier and redder and redder as the clay took hold. Eventually with the hotel in sight we decided a 50 meter sprint along the road was worth the risk???
Now, I had calculated that Usain Bolt can run the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, so therefore I should be able to do it in 20 right………Not with clay shoes!!!!
We waited for a gap in the traffic big enough and I shouted run!!! Half way in I turned in slow motion (movie style), I shouted to Sarah to run as fast as her little legs would carry her. At the last moment I hid behind a sign. Unfortunately Sarah’s little legs just weren’t quick enough to avoid the lorry J and she didn’t make it!!! She was covered head to toe in red clay water, very amusing, however I didn’t get a photo!!!! Apologies.
We spent the next 2 hours with Sarah washing everything she was wearing in the hotel guest sink!!! Her trainers are very clean now.
The next obstacle was Brazilian border control. This would be our first venture through a south American border control and we ventured in a taxi apprehensively.
The place was like a huge McDonalds drive through with 10’s of drive through’s each seeing people, It was no more exciting than that, the guy behind the desk never even looked at us……
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