Argentina

After being on a plane for almost a full 24 hours we finally arrive in Argentina.  We got off the plane, grabbed our luggage and headed to the hotel. My dad had scheduled a bike ride at one which was in an hour.  my mom had it moved to two so we could sleep for a while.  After resting for two hours we went on the bike tour.  Argentina is huge! When you look at it on a map its not really that small.

The people are nice, but they speak very fast.  The weather is very hot and humid.

We went to an Estancia, which is like a horse ranch.  The people were very nice.  The guachos, who are Spanish cowboys were very good with the horses.  They would take wild horses and train them.  Guachos are very close to their horses.  The horses are called Peruvian horses.  That means that when they walk they only take one foot off the ground at a time.  When we were riding the horses it was very smooth and comfortable.  The western horses we have in the U.S. are not very smooth when you ride them, they kind of rock side to side, unlike the peruvian horses which move more forward and backward.

My family and I also went to a "Guacho BBQ". They cook out in the middle of the forest over hot coals with a small grill over them.  My dad and brother Ryan ate cow intestines, heart and kidney.