It seems like another lifetime ago now, but amazingly, we did get to go on honeymoon almost immediately after our wedding. I say amazingly because I have a term time job and my boss had already been super kind in giving me time off whilst my family were here, and then Noly hadn’t been working long at his job and he’d have had to be working there for a few months in order to get leave allocation, but amazingly, in his contract there was a marriage clause which would give him time off in the event that he got married to take a honeymoon.
So, we packed our bags and off we went!
Obviously first we had to say goodbye to my family, which was pretty emotional, but I can’t even begin to explain how much I had needed to see them and have time with them. Them being here gave me a little boost and will tide me over until we can next catch up and be together.
So anyways, off we went! We went to Iguazu, which is on the border of Argentina and Brazil. I had always imagined that I’d go on honeymoon to the Caribbean or some far-flung location, but because of COVID we decided to stick closer to home and actually I’m really glad we did. Couldn’t be dealing with the stress of going abroad with all the rules and tests and things needed for travel. We’d both been to Iguazu before, myself 6 years ago and Noly about 15 years ago, but we had an amazing time!
For those of you who haven’t been, I cannot express to you the humidity there- goodness me! It was something else. That’s what gets ya in Iguazu!
Anyways, we had a lovely time! We realised though, whilst away, that the two of us aren’t very good at resting. We picked lots of activities that were physically very tiring! But we did also have some hotel-y days so I think it did even out tbf haha.
So, what did you do I hear you cry? Well…
Day 1- rest day by the pool.
Day 2- we went to a high ropes and zip wire park which was super fun but so tiring! It was also 34 degrees but felt like a lot more because of the humidity.
Day 3- we went to the Iguazu falls! We did one of the trails and then we did the boat ride which leads you directly into the waterfalls which was suuuper refreshing! The video of it looks pretty terrifying but it’s actually so fun haha. Oh and on the way to the boat ride you do a little drive through the jungle in a truck which was cool. That day we saw: coatis, iguanas, a capybara, a toucan very far off in the sky and a crocodile!
Day 4- the next day we chilled and wandered into the town. There wasn’t very much there to be honest but we did get some ice cream out of it haha.
Day 5- we had a complimentary spa sesh which was pretty relaxing! And then in the afternoon we went on a bike ride through the jungle. Ooof it was hard work! I pictured an idyllic, gentle bike ride but obviously, we were going through the actual jungle so there were so many tree roots to try to avoid, logs that had fallen and such, it was exhausting! But at least it would help us burn some of the calories we were working through with the food from the hotel!
Day 6- rest day at the hotel.
Day 7- we returned to the Iguazu Falls Park to do the paths and trails we hadn’t got to before. We also saw a whole looooad of monkeys which I was really happy about as I really wanted to see some aha.
Day 8- another rest day.
Day 9- kayaking trip down the river! This was basically a private trip in the end with me and Nolz and the instructor as the other people had dropped out, so it was pretty cool! We shared a kayak- me at the back so I could control the steering pedal as I’ve done kayaking lots of times before and Nolz at the front. Then the rest of the day we just chilled at the hotel.
Day 10- bags packed and back to Salta! Funnily enough we bumped into a pal from church at the airport who was also returning back to Salta after being in Iguazu, so we travelled back with her which was an unexpected fun thing to happen!
So there ya have it! That was our honeymoon! Since we seem to be repeating events however, and are gonna be starting to think about wedding celebration number 2 in England, perhaps you’ll hear from me again about honeymoon 2- wouldn’t that be fun!
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