Resistencia, City of Sculptures, Argentina

Corrientes, Argentina

Corrientes means “currents”. The full name of the town when founded was San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes. There are seven rapids located upstream.

A fruit truck, a statue of two dogs, and giant lizards rummaging for food were some of the sights that greeted us in Corrientes. We walked around and spent the afternoon at a restaurant beside the Paraná River.

Canine Machismo

If ever there was anything akin to canine machismo, this dog would have it. A real cur’s cur. A descendant of an APEX predator with teeth, speed, and the agility to match. And he was loose. Unfortunately, we didn’t get his name. We did find out that his person spoke the native Guaicuruan language.

This gentleman volunteered that he speaks Guaraní.

“Tomorrow you may be shot in the street by a policeman because you haven’t understood Guaraní, or a man may knife you in a cantina because you can’t speak Spanish and he thinks you are acting in a superior way.”

Graham Greene from ‘Travels with my Aunt’

Absolutely Horrifying

I don’t know what this is. If anyone knows what this is, please let me know. A part of me doesn’t want to know. They look like witches awash in blood, drinking something coming from that barrel that is in three different colors. There are heads or faces in the other barrel. The worst part of all is the half-hatched chicks walking around. That image is so disturbing. There is definitely witchery going on here. It’s hideous. Enough.

Let’s not leave Corrientes, Argentina on such a bloody scary note. There were also fishermen cruising the Paraná, and there was a long promenade along the river with a view of the bridge to Resistencia.