It was a bit of a mad scramble to get out of Resistencia, but we made it over the Parana River and onto the arrow straight RN 12. This area, close to the Paraguayan border, is quite upmarket, there were many rather swish looking private estates and ranches with big fancy gates, Texas style. The roads are well kept with very wide verges, as is the norm in Argentina, neatly mown grass down both sides. It is fairly easy to cover big distances when the roads are so good. After the lunch stop we had a regularity section on fairly rough tracks, then it was off towards the Brazilian border. It has been getting warmer over the past couple of days, and today was quite humid. We have now entered a forested area, most of the business around here seems to centre around logging, there are many timber yards and lorries loaded with timber. We made it to the border and got through without any problems, our hotel is in the National Park, next to the Falls, and it's a "proper hotel" according to Peter, a colonial style establishment and we are off to the bar now for a couple of gin and tonics, we feel we deserve it. Hah!
Well guys it looks as though the Maxi is standing-up well to the challenge! We need to find another event together so that it can meet its nemesis (Lotus Cortina).... CD
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