Much ado about Evita

Today, I toured around Buenos Aires.

If zombie video games taught me anything, it’s that one should never trust a graveyard.

But of course when one is in Buenos Aires, one has to go see Eva Peron, so I made an exception.

Eva Peron's Grave

But really I preferred this grave instead.  Giant gold lined temple?  Sign me up.

cemetery

I want one as my uber bear cave for gaming.

The attack!

There I was, minding my own business.  Here, here coatis.

Coati-5

When out of nowhere, a vicious monster charges.

Coati-6

I’m down!

Coati-7

Where was my best bear bud?

He did NOT have my back.

Coati-8

Too late Nicholas.  Too late.

I’m putting coatis on notice.  Not cool, coatis.  There will be payback.

The animals of Iguazu

We were told there were many types of animals in Parque Nacional Iguazu.

They have monos.  Our hotel posted warning signs about “invasion de monos” if we left the room doors open. I’m down for an invasion, so I tried to bait them with bananas and an open door.

But they didn’t bite.

As in, they didn’t even show up.

They also have these funny creatures called caotis.  They are kind of like raccoons.  Oh look, there’s one!

Coati-3

Coati-1

Maybe I should make them my pets.

 

Going to Iguazu

Some of my human companions had the idea of waking up to see the sunrise at Iguazu.

That’s crazy talk.

First of all, the park doesn’t open till 8:00am, meaning some illegal fence hopping action had to happen. I’m not inclined to get my bear butt banned in this country for the sake of some falling water.

Second, what sensible bear wakes up before sunrise anyway?

So Nicholas and I did what sensible animals around the world all do.

We stuck our heads under pillows and slept until everyone came back.

Meaning that our first glimpse of Iguazu was in the daytime.

I was perfectly alright with that.

Iguazu-1

Thanks Nicholas.

The vines of Mendoza

Give me hot cocoa over wine any day.  But if Nicholas decides to take me to a winery, I will go along with the whole thing.  I’m a good sport.

And I got to climb some grape vines in Uco Valley.  Too bad the Andes were completely covered by clouds in the background.

That said, it was still fun.  I’d do it again.

Mendoza