Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
vip lounge, woohhoo!!!!
Flew to Lima today and we have wifi again at the hostel, (yay Loki!) and we had a 4 hour layover in Chile, so we ponied up 30 bucks each for the vip lounge, and woot it was worth it!!
all you can drink alcohol, cable tv, shower's, food the works!!!! We watched a couple movies, took a shower got a little toasted and time flew by!
gonna have to do that again.
We are safe back in Lima, fly out in a couple days, to home. I have to say I'm looking forward to coming home and talking to folks who can understand me.
lane
all you can drink alcohol, cable tv, shower's, food the works!!!! We watched a couple movies, took a shower got a little toasted and time flew by!
gonna have to do that again.
We are safe back in Lima, fly out in a couple days, to home. I have to say I'm looking forward to coming home and talking to folks who can understand me.
lane
La Cabrera - An Orgy of FOOD!
So we have heard about this restaurant in Peru several times and Bolivia as well. It has been written up in the new york times.
First off the service in Argentina restaurants are second to none. NEVER before have i had such a experience at a restaurant, these people SET the bar for waiters around the world, and I have never seen anything so close. WE have been several places and only once was their service "standard" like an American restaurant. everything else, including small dinners have AWESOME service.
So back to La Cabrera, we arrive and they have seating on the sidewalk in as well as inside, the Hostess says there is a 45 minute wait, we arrived at 10:30 at night. So we get on the list, ans she uncovers a champagne bucket and pours us both a glass of champagne while standing on the sidewalk outside the restaurant!! Couple glasses later, we get seated inside.
We are brought a bread basket with 5 different types of bread, and a a whole roasted head of garlic, and ricotta red bell pepper spread.
We ask what the best bottle bottle of wine the waiter recommends, and he says the cheapest is the best at 40 pesos, we say ok, then ask for a recommendation on the steak, and makes a recommendation, we say ok, and then I ask if I should order a side and he said, no it come with accompaniments. So he says the steak is big enough for 2.
WELL, we get this HUGE steak with 13 ramekins filled with hot and cold accompaniments, apple sauce, pickled garlic, green beans, some bean salad, heart of palm, and other yummy stuff, and splits this steak in half, each half fills the plate.
AMAZING STEAK.
Then we order the lava chocolate cake, come with 2 scoops of ice cream and the delicious berry jam stuff ever.
This entire meal costs like 200 pesos, this is the equivalent of 65 American dollars. 5 star dining.
I have a steak hangover this morning.
here is a picture of the setting
We are flying out soon.
First off the service in Argentina restaurants are second to none. NEVER before have i had such a experience at a restaurant, these people SET the bar for waiters around the world, and I have never seen anything so close. WE have been several places and only once was their service "standard" like an American restaurant. everything else, including small dinners have AWESOME service.
So back to La Cabrera, we arrive and they have seating on the sidewalk in as well as inside, the Hostess says there is a 45 minute wait, we arrived at 10:30 at night. So we get on the list, ans she uncovers a champagne bucket and pours us both a glass of champagne while standing on the sidewalk outside the restaurant!! Couple glasses later, we get seated inside.
We are brought a bread basket with 5 different types of bread, and a a whole roasted head of garlic, and ricotta red bell pepper spread.
We ask what the best bottle bottle of wine the waiter recommends, and he says the cheapest is the best at 40 pesos, we say ok, then ask for a recommendation on the steak, and makes a recommendation, we say ok, and then I ask if I should order a side and he said, no it come with accompaniments. So he says the steak is big enough for 2.
WELL, we get this HUGE steak with 13 ramekins filled with hot and cold accompaniments, apple sauce, pickled garlic, green beans, some bean salad, heart of palm, and other yummy stuff, and splits this steak in half, each half fills the plate.
AMAZING STEAK.
Then we order the lava chocolate cake, come with 2 scoops of ice cream and the delicious berry jam stuff ever.
This entire meal costs like 200 pesos, this is the equivalent of 65 American dollars. 5 star dining.
I have a steak hangover this morning.
here is a picture of the setting
We are flying out soon.
Iguza Falls!!!!
Flew into Iguaza falls and stayed at this cute hotel, the room actually reminded me of my favorite house on Orcas island, it had a loft for the bed. We went on a extreme adventure tour, where we did rock climbing, repelling and went on 2 very high zip lines. We went on a jungle walk again, this time learning about traps, and then a boat ride where we saw Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina all meet at a fork in the river.
Then we wondered the town a bit, then up early the next morning for one of the 7 wonders of the natural world, the thing rated #1 on waterfalls.com, Iguaza Falls!
We ditched our tour guide and paid a boat operator to take us close to the falls, and they are AWESOME, so much water, so much power. I could go on and on, ill throw up a picture because i have not uploaded pictures very much, not much time. We walked the top part and devils throat was so amazing, and that is where i filled up my first 8gig memory card on the camera! A Hi-5 later I popped in another card(of course i have 2!!!)
It is butterfly season, and holy bugbomb batman, it was thick with butterflies, that exhibit at the Seattle center for butterfly's, it is like a sand box compared to the ocean. Every color, every shape, so much fun.
Back to the Buenos Aries!!
Lane
Then we wondered the town a bit, then up early the next morning for one of the 7 wonders of the natural world, the thing rated #1 on waterfalls.com, Iguaza Falls!
We ditched our tour guide and paid a boat operator to take us close to the falls, and they are AWESOME, so much water, so much power. I could go on and on, ill throw up a picture because i have not uploaded pictures very much, not much time. We walked the top part and devils throat was so amazing, and that is where i filled up my first 8gig memory card on the camera! A Hi-5 later I popped in another card(of course i have 2!!!)
It is butterfly season, and holy bugbomb batman, it was thick with butterflies, that exhibit at the Seattle center for butterfly's, it is like a sand box compared to the ocean. Every color, every shape, so much fun.
Back to the Buenos Aries!!
Lane
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Welcome to Iguza Falls!!
Hola from Iguza falls!!
we arrived today and am at the hotel, we have not seen the falls yet but excited to see them tomorrow. we flew in today and tood a xtremem tour of the jungle, where we got demonstrations of jungle traps, then did some rock climbing then did these huge zip lines, then did some repelling down the place we climbed up, then went on a river tour where we saw uragway, brazil and argentina at once!!! where all 3 contries meet.
its tropical and nice here, we will tour the falls tomorrow, then we are back to boenis aires tomorrw for a day then off to lima for 2 days then back home!!
its been a fun trip but i am ready to talk to someone who speaks english.
one thing about bonis aires i absolutely LOVE is the subway system, it truely kicks ass and is a never endding amusement for me. i try to take it everyone, if only 4 blocks. its 92 cents to get in the subway system, once in you can switch subs to go every which way, and BTW 92 cents is a little less than 30 cents americaan.
we had the most truely spectaculat dinner ever last night in buenois aries, all you can eat steak, the best you ever had, all you can drink wine, which was excellent, well all you can eat everything with a tango show, for about 55 bucks each, that with tip.
well enough bragging for now, until next time, CIAO!
we arrived today and am at the hotel, we have not seen the falls yet but excited to see them tomorrow. we flew in today and tood a xtremem tour of the jungle, where we got demonstrations of jungle traps, then did some rock climbing then did these huge zip lines, then did some repelling down the place we climbed up, then went on a river tour where we saw uragway, brazil and argentina at once!!! where all 3 contries meet.
its tropical and nice here, we will tour the falls tomorrow, then we are back to boenis aires tomorrw for a day then off to lima for 2 days then back home!!
its been a fun trip but i am ready to talk to someone who speaks english.
one thing about bonis aires i absolutely LOVE is the subway system, it truely kicks ass and is a never endding amusement for me. i try to take it everyone, if only 4 blocks. its 92 cents to get in the subway system, once in you can switch subs to go every which way, and BTW 92 cents is a little less than 30 cents americaan.
we had the most truely spectaculat dinner ever last night in buenois aries, all you can eat steak, the best you ever had, all you can drink wine, which was excellent, well all you can eat everything with a tango show, for about 55 bucks each, that with tip.
well enough bragging for now, until next time, CIAO!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Welcome to Buenos Aires!!!
Well we flew into Buenos Aires last night and took the public bus to downtown area where we foud a hotel to stay at. They say that Buenos Aires is the Paris of South America, and i can tell you that I felt a immediate connection to this very cool city. There is some of the Best steak houses in the world here and I cant wait to sink my teeth into a few.
This bustling city is awesome so fay and has cool door knobs, we just ate lunch at this Aire Acondicionado Petite Restaurant.
The restaurant service here is incredible, its like service from a 5 star restaurant but we just spent about 30 bucks for a 3 course lunch.
we are trekking to Iguza falls soon but are on our way to a Sunday market.
until next time
CHOW!
Lane
This bustling city is awesome so fay and has cool door knobs, we just ate lunch at this Aire Acondicionado Petite Restaurant.
The restaurant service here is incredible, its like service from a 5 star restaurant but we just spent about 30 bucks for a 3 course lunch.
we are trekking to Iguza falls soon but are on our way to a Sunday market.
until next time
CHOW!
Lane
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Videos!!!!
I have started uploading videos to You Tube, here is the first from monkey island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bS2xq4iJn0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bS2xq4iJn0
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