Resistencia and Corrientes (Argentina)

Resistencia: Overnight bus to Resistencia. As we were heading for Paraguay it was somewhere to break up our journey. The Lonely Planet states ¨it prides itself on a reputation as the city of sculptures, with more than 300 statues on display in almost every public place¨. Well I thought that sounded interesting. Well it wasn´t. And especially since it rained, which wasn´t conducive to walking around and looking at statues. So we only stayed the one night. Corrientes: One of Argentina´s oldest cities, and within 20 minutes of Resistencia, we thought it may be worth a look. Well it was still raining and we decided not to stay (on the off chance it would clear up), and moved on straight away. Maybe one of the things about this place is that it is on the river (although described as muddy), but it has a carnival which apparently attracts crowds of up to 80,000. Our trusty and at times frustrating Lonely Planet does not though mention when it is!! So here´s our tip - miss these towns althogether.