Our second day in San Juan, we were given the option to board a bus in the morning and travel an hour to Punta Negra or stay behind and attend lectures and explore the new city. Some of the group stayed behind to catch up on rest or walk around town but most of chose to see this beautiful lake and dam. The hour bus ride was nothing compared to the rest of the traveling we’d been doing and we were greeted by a view of a beautiful reservoir, dam and mountains. We learned that the dam helps generate hydro electric power for the province. When we arrived we learned that kayaking and pedal boating was available. We had a lot of fun exploring the water or staying on shore skipping rocks. After we enjoyed the reservoir, we walked up the hill to the restaurant and we enjoyed a lunch featuring punta de espalda, which was recommended to us by new friends we met there. After lunch, we headed back to town to get ready for the opening ceremony of the festival. All the competing groups met that...
Today we arrived back in the United States after a long almost two weeks of being out of the country. The flight today has allowed me to do a good amount of reflecting on the tour. I won’t lie and say that these past weeks haven’t been without issues but they have brought some of my most incredible memories. Adjusting to a new culture and trying to get around a city that speaks a different language than me was a tough barrier to get through for the first few days. I was incredibly blessed to have a group of people who allowed me to learn alongside them (with David’s help translating) was an experience I will never forget. Instead of writing a post talking about how grateful I am for everybody on this trip, I’d like to write about my favorite memories (in order of how I remember them) 1. Getting to Argentina completely exhausted and pushing through to walk through the streets and be blown away by the architecture of the buildings for the first time (this will be a common them...