Friday, February 08, 2008
Puerto Iguazú a Buenos Aires
This is probably the only bus trip I have been looking forward to. We are splashing out and going for 1st class full cama bed for the trip back.
When the bus arrived we went straight upstairs to our seats. Most people had big bags and had to put them under. Usually there is some guy taking you bag and putting it on the bus and vis a versa on the other side and they ask for tips. Not sure what you would call this job, I have seen badges saying "propinero". A tip in Spanish is "propina". There´s enough space behind your seat for a medium sized pack. This is where your seat reclines to. The foot section has two positions the sloping position like the other cama classes but also a flat bed (cama) position.
I´m not sure if I slept but it was certainly more comfortable having a flat sleeping area. There´s also Whisky for a night cap.
We arrived early, about 7:30 so we went to a cafe for a coffee and some breakfast. We sat down and started to read a menú. The waitress came over and gave us a English menú and took the Spanish one. I said I wanted the Spanish one so she left that one as well. Usually the English menu is badly translated and sometimes amusing. But this one was interesting for another reason everything was more expensive on the English menu.
American Breakfast $18 - Desayuno Americano $ 15
Jugo $ 10 - Juice $ 8.50
I know that they had a crash a few years ago and that they had a two tire system for hotels. Talking to one Argentinian who was at the falls (Brazil) he said he´d visitited England back in 2003 when there was $1.6 pasos to the pound and now it´s $ 6 pesos. I´m going to do a post on relative wealth some other time, and discuss this at more length.
When the bus arrived we went straight upstairs to our seats. Most people had big bags and had to put them under. Usually there is some guy taking you bag and putting it on the bus and vis a versa on the other side and they ask for tips. Not sure what you would call this job, I have seen badges saying "propinero". A tip in Spanish is "propina". There´s enough space behind your seat for a medium sized pack. This is where your seat reclines to. The foot section has two positions the sloping position like the other cama classes but also a flat bed (cama) position.
I´m not sure if I slept but it was certainly more comfortable having a flat sleeping area. There´s also Whisky for a night cap.
We arrived early, about 7:30 so we went to a cafe for a coffee and some breakfast. We sat down and started to read a menú. The waitress came over and gave us a English menú and took the Spanish one. I said I wanted the Spanish one so she left that one as well. Usually the English menu is badly translated and sometimes amusing. But this one was interesting for another reason everything was more expensive on the English menu.
American Breakfast $18 - Desayuno Americano $ 15
Jugo $ 10 - Juice $ 8.50
I know that they had a crash a few years ago and that they had a two tire system for hotels. Talking to one Argentinian who was at the falls (Brazil) he said he´d visitited England back in 2003 when there was $1.6 pasos to the pound and now it´s $ 6 pesos. I´m going to do a post on relative wealth some other time, and discuss this at more length.
