Argentine Parana River Delta

Today we had a very interesting excursion down the Parana river to see the life of the people who live along this delta. Everything has to be done by boat. There is no access any other way. We boarded our boat and had a wonderful ride down the river. It was very interesting as there were great mansions and great poverty. It was very pretty and there is a school that was started for the "forgotten children" who could not get to school any other way. We stopped an visited for about an hour with them since GCT supports them with their humanitarian funds. The children were so precious and each one took one of us and showed us around the school. Jim got a little boy Gustov and I got a little girl named Gracia. Both were very shy but so so sweet. Already you can see new equipment like playground equipment and new desks and supplies that have come in the last two years since GCT started helping. We saw the grocery boat that goes by every few days selling the groceries and propane the people may need. They have a garbage boat and put their garbage bags out on the docks. It was a beautiful sunny day and the flowers are blooming here as it is spring-azaleas and the trees etc. It is a wonderful time of year to visit this area.

We got back to our hotel and fought the mob at a pizza place we had gone to that would fix me something without the garlic and onion and even in the rush hour crowd, the guy remembered and served me up a calzone that worked just fine. We walked to the obelisk which is close to our hotel and came back to rest and pack for our next flight tomorrow. Tonight we go to a restaurant for our farewell dinner as 12 of our group are flying home tomorrow and the rest of us are heading on to Iguasu Falls in both Argentina and Brazil.

Another update on Jim's watch saga....you remember he broke his in the fall at Machu Picchu, then bought another one and the band broke on that one. So we bought another one and yesterday in Uraguay, when the mosquitoes attacked us, we sprayed with Deet and apparently, plastic doesn't like Deet and so it frosted the face of the watch...he can still read it but after we use it in Iguasu, we may be buying him yet another watch! Stay tuned....