Itati

We left the estancia by boat since it had rained so much the day before that the land had become waterlogged and inaccesible by car. We went to Itati to pick up a bus for the city of Corrientes.
Itati is a place famous for a huge basilica which was built to house "Our lady of Itati" the most important image of the virgin Mary of the region. She is hailed Patron and Protector of Corrientes and Misiones provinces and after many adventures since her creation in the 1500s she had this enormous house built which looks a bit like St. Pauls Cathedral and can be seen for miles around. It is a very sacred place.