Going Home

12/5/09

Tonight we fly home. But first we sleep in - it was a big night last night. Some time around noon we check out and go see the Buenos Aires zoo. It is really good. They have all the local animals plus lots of exotic (to Argentina) ones. My favourite is the puma. The pygmy hippo makes Shannon dance with glee (Seriously, it's something to see - Shannon I mean). There are large water rats and deer-like rodents the size of a medium dog running around free. You can even buy animal feed for them. It is a very civilized zoo.

After the zoo we walk through the botanical gardens, then walk some more through the city. We stop to buy some wine to bring home, grab our bags and head off to the airport.

After all the complaining I have been doing about bus seats and trips, the worst seat I was in the whole trip was the flight home. I still have a bruise on my ass two days later. It was cold when we arrived in Denver and, of course, my luggage with my warm clothes was still in South America. It was a chilly walk to the cab in my short sleeves. Thankfully my luggage arrived intact about 12 hours after I did.