Niamhs mate from the bird park

We all Falls dorm!

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January 18th 2011
Iguassu is a different beast entirely to Rio. While technically a city it comes across more as a sleepy little town, Iguassu nevertheless is an important urban centre as it straddles the borders of neighbouring Argentina and Paraguay. It is also within spitting distance of the Iguassu falls which I will get to shortly. As Rio took both our wallets and steadily drank them dry we decided to econo ... read more

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more