Clay Signs Out

Like all great things...my trip must now come to an end.  It's a bittersweet moment for me, as I'm pretty excited to get back home to some of the people and comforts that I've been missing, but at the same time I've seen so many amazing new things that it's made me yearn to continue exploring.  Three months seems like a good amount of time for me to be gone though.  I seem to have gained a little more respect for a lot of the little things we have back home that I took complete advantage of before the trip.  I'm sure this sounds biased, but I've come to a self realization that no matter how crazy things get back home with the economy or politics, the US is still the greatest country on Earth, at least in my eyes. 

Maria and I are leaving Buenos Aires tonight at 9pm on an American Airlines flight in which we will surely be cramped out of our minds for 16 hours to SFO.  I get a kick out of thinking that it took me 3 months to get down here but less than a day to get back.  Kyle and Kathryn are staying a few more days and leaving BA on Monday.  So...this looks like my final blog update on the Slingshot for now, I am really hoping that Kyle gives us a signout as well.  Thank you all so much for following along on our blog, even if you didn't sign in and tell us who you were :)  I hope that our blog was a little inspiring for some people out there to have some travel explorations of their own.  I also hope that our trip proved that while its always good to listen to warnings, your concerns shouldn't stop you from seeing some of these amazing places that the earth has to offer.  People have been so kind to us everywhere it really blows my mind.  

Anyways, that's it for me.  Thanks again for reading and check out some of the pictures below from our last week in Argentina.  I think Maria is going to do some captions for me, as I am blogged and captioned out.  Stay tuned for Kyle's entry and possible some additional entries, as rumor has it that his leave of absence was extended til June and there are already hushed plans to ride his motorcycle across the states.  Maybe he will continue to bless us with his awesome blogging capabilities...but I didn't tell you that.  Bye everybody!!!  See you all soon!!!

This is the hostel we stayed at in Iguazu Falls, Hostel Inn.

Here's the group at the falls, 20 hour bus ride north of Buenos Aires, on the boarder of Brazil.

This is another section of the falls. We hit the park at the low season, so some of the falls were a bit dry.

The Clan House Hostel where we are staying in Buenos Aires.

This is a protest that has been going on for the past few days, they are protesting for Socialism.

Last night we took Tango lessons and also saw a show. We had a blast!!

Kathryn and I learning some steps....

The boys really got the hang of it!!!

The professionals.

Kyle's moves were so good they asked him to dance during the performance!!!

I just got lucky.

Here is La Caminitos in La Boca, it is a bohemian neighborhood in B.A.

No caption needed!!!

The cemetery in the Recoleta neighborhood, Evita is buried here.

It was amazing to look through the chambers at the coffins!!

Clay enjoying his last afternoon in B.A.

Kyle a little too excited over Clay's departure......