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Puerto Iguazu - the end of the road  
   

Puerto Iguazu - the end of the road

the triple-border point - over the Iguaza River to the north is Brazil, over the Parana River to the west is Paraguay both with the same marker painted in the colours of their flags.
New Year & the Dakar

January 4th 2010
Its the holidays between Xmas and New Year so its not surprising that Iguazu waterfalls are pretty busy, however, they are large enough and spectacular enough to cope with lots of people. On the Brazilian side of the falls you can walk along the edge of the canyon and get spectacular views of the falls that stretch for nearly 3km. Its another case of believing that the views cant get any better t ... read more
South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

Uruguayan Flag A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more
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