Nightbus to the Jesuit Ruins!

Our Expresso Singer bus, despite the grumpy staff was actually luxury and empty so after some valium, 8 hours later we reached a place called Posadas where we then caught another lovely double decker (that is all they do in the north!) to San Ignacio Mini where the Jesuit Ruins are . It was only a small place so we were glad we had not taken the direct bus option to here from Concordia where we would have arrived and been dumped on the road at 3am! Tip for other travellers! Very tired and very hot, after some walking through the dusty streets, we managed to find a cheap Posada to stay in run by a local lady which was small but clean. Here further north, you do see the poverty some what with many shacks as homes, quite a contrast from the other areas we have experienced of Argentina.
 
Starving our host pointed to a place we could eat and we had fun again trying to communicate with the local owner as to what to eat. She was really good fun though and the pasta was good, it was a truckers stop so was cheap too! That afternoon we dragged ourselves in the heat to the ruins, hoping that all this effort would be worth in and I think it was. They were small compared to those in Mexico but the size of the plaza and the church ruin in the centre was cool, when all the tourist groups from Iguazu had finally got out of the way! It was good to see some real history again though and break up the journey north rather than do the 24 hour bus from BA direct to the falls that most travellers are said to do and to learn about the life of these missionaries who didn't really last long was interesting.
 
Finally we found out from the local tourist guy that the only way to catch the bus north was to stand on the side of the road and hope, so shattered we fell into bed ready for an early start.