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Published: March 6th 2009
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Well after a nice long bus journey we arrive at Iguazu at about 8.30am and yes the hostel did not lie it is across the road to the bus station which is really good my bag is getting real heavy hmmmm.....So we have to wait for the others as it was only Karen and I who got the bus the posh ones got the plane hee hee!!! We managed to shower and dump the bags - our room will not be ready til mid-day which was no surprise so we just put everything into storage....the others were not too dar behind they got in at about 10ish.......
Off we all go to find Iguazu Falls one of the 7 natural wondres of the world and see what all the fuss is about.....as we go to the bus station to sort out the tickets for tmws bus - oh only 22hrs - we get told about a tour in Iguazu which looks real cool it takes us on a 8km off road jeep and then a boat in the falls and it ends with us going under the falls......soooo cool!!!! We get the public bus there did not take too long
really and off we go for a nice walk to eat lucn looking at some of the nicest views I have seen for a long time.......it was awesome I could not believe how huge it all was and this is just the beginning of it all, soo much more to see..........we wander back and get on our tour. OK so the jeep thing was really pretty dull we just went through lots of trees and did not really see anything.....hmmm not too impressed bring on the boat!!!
This was cool was fab to be on the water and all around you are the falls som of the ikle ones and then straight in front is the real big part of it all and yes that is where we are heading to - its gonna be real wet ;-) yes I am still a child!!! Was sooo much fun and we got sooo wet they went through it twice I think or poss 3 times I dunno we just got real wet and it was real funny lucky for the dry bags or we would have no stuff left (not that my camera wants to play anyhow it has its
own ikle mind!!) I am peased that its a nice sunny day and just walking around we do get dry quickish.....as we walk round the falls just get better and some of the views of it all are awesome........the water is gushing at such a speed that we are gettin a bit wet just walking around - it is real hard to explain how beautiful it was there hopefully the pics will help (i have quite a few more)!!!! We do spend quite a lot of time just wandering around and taking a huge amount of pics........and do not leave there until about 6.30ish as the bus is at 7.15.......we get to the hostel and check into our room was really pretty good for only 6squid a night - although the door handle did not stay on the door and so we had to lock ourselves in there......well its different!!!! We went out for our last Argentinian steak tonight - well it had to be done and a nice bottle of red wine to wash it all down with hmmmmmmm
We get a transfer at 10am to go to the Brazilian side - I am not sure I have
had such an easy boarder crossing we basically gave our passports to teh driver and waved to the woman on the boarder control, then just went in on the Brazil side to get it stamped - they did not look at bags or anything......cool!!! The man that has dropped us off has also offered to pick us up and take us to the bus station at a lot less than 2 taxis would have cost so that is a bargain in itself.......So we dump our bags in the lockers, surprisingly mine does fit although it took a bit of work it has grown quite a bit since being here........now wieghs about 25kg no I have no idea how I am carrying it either!!!
So off we go for our trek around the falls.......Oh my goodness (yes I know I have said it already) if its possible the views that you see from the Brazilian side really are sooo much better than the Argentine side - it is awesome and still very breathtaking!!! Because of the ammount of water and the speed its goes at and the fact thats its sunny there are some fab rainbows in the reflction all
the way round......you basically get to see more of the full waterfall and not just small sections at a time as its from the otherside of it.........I think the pics are pretty self explainatory!!!
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