after 8 days of driving, travelling around 7500kms from anchorage, we have finally arrived in new jersey where we've been staying since thursday.. it feels good to be back to civilization, not on the road but at the same time, i do miss the adventure and waking up at new places, meeting different people everyday. the reason we made a pit stop here is to shop.. to treat ourselves with some (or lots of) shopping bags and to walk around, instead of driving around. we are currently now staying in saddle river, a quiet place (and a definitely must come back for me if i ever be back here that is) in a subburb, half an hour away from new york and 20 minutes ride from the shopping heaven, woodbury commons. you-know-who was also here, flew in all the way from buenos aires for the weekend.. yeepi!! and the minute he left, 4 hours ago, i felt lonely and lost. damn it!
and since we are already at the end of our journey, there is nothing much to say.. only a recap of what happened from the day we started, 13th of july and the day we arrived here, 6th of september. pictures above and captions below are the only thing i have for you now..pictures might be all jumbled up, forgive my untidiness..

picture 1. the group having dinner and piranha soup as entre
picture 2. piranha soup, up close n personal, yummy!!
picture 3. wonder if i could live here.. what do you think?
picture 4. famous spot in the colorful la boca
picture 5. first night in buenos aires.. love the beefy!
picture 6. i lived in these flip flpos for weeks.. cute toes arent they?
picture 7. iguazu falls.. border of argentina, brazil and paraguay. definitely
a must come back!
picture 8. group picture before leaving ruben and rosa