Back to it

I flew back in last Monday and after a glorious 35 hours of flighing I was back onboard with Julie. We just hung out on Sunflower for the week and caught up with friends just taking it easy for the week. Sunday we organised a BBQ at the yacht club to to catch up with everyone and say thanks for having us to stay there. Was a great afternoon with plenty of food going around all afternoon with of course lots of beers to wash it all down. Super nice people which made for a great afternoon and with all the beers or maybe it was the jet lag at the end of the evening it all got too much and I did my usual party trick and fell asleep in the corner ;)

The week slid by really quick and then it was time to jump on another couple of planes and buses and head down to the Iguazu waterfalls that are on the border of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. We stayed a couple of nights on the Brazilian side first and went for the day to the national park and checked out the falls. Totally amazing!! A serious amount of water flowing all over the place were the rivers all meet up. The only other thing was the 1000 other selfie stick waving tourists all over the place and Julie says I need to find more patience which I really do try but I don't think I'm all to cut out for the hoards that come to see these amazing sights!  We are now on the argentinian side in a very characteristic almost cowboy type tourist town that is very relaxed and all set up for the tourists to come and do tours and see the falls. Julie's brother Mauro and girlfriend are driving the 1200kms up tomorrow to join us and we will do some more touring with him which will be great to meet him for the first time and hang out and have a BBQ and a few beers although I am a little nervous :)

I do think I have got a little "too"used to travelling on Sunflower and am finding I don't have the patience for overland travel which may be a sad thing but something I can't seem to help. For me it is a lot easier and more enjoyable just turning up to a place, anchoring, throwing the dinghy in and going ashore for a few beers then returning whenever to your own home. This jumping on buses, finding acomodation, packing and re packing bags and feeling like a right tourist has knobs on it, I must be getting old?!! I realise how spoilt we are with the pure FREEDOM that sailing gives us :)

 The next few days will be awesome and I am looking forward to getting to Julie's hometown meeting her family and friends and just relaxing for a while in the one place away from the dreaded selfie sticks!