Blogs from Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina, South America

Enthused by the success of my recent nocturnal outing, I leapt at the opportunity to head out into the moonlight again. This time was the spectacular opportunity to visit the Iguazu Falls in Argentina. For just 4 days each month, the Park is opened to allow people to enjoy the view of the Falls during the time of the Full Moon. So with passport in hand across the border I headed and went once more into the National Park in Puerto Iguazu. On arrival at the entrance to the Argentinian Park we were greeted by our tour guide in a nice bright well lit area, however once the group was assembled we walked off into the darkness and from then on for the rest of the night our only light source was the Full Moon. In ... read more

By the light of the full moon, the Garganta del Diablo looked eerie, mythical, surreal. Majestic, terrifying, unforgiving, relentless. Words simply can’t capture the noise, the immensity, the power. Water poured over the edge below, around and beyond us, an incredible stretch of foaming fury that, moments before, had flowed along its course serene and impassive. The travel gods had been good to us that day. Back in January, I’d booked us a couple of days at the Iguazú Falls as a fun place to spend Jo’s 19th birthday which would fall shortly before we began our overland adventure. That our arrival would coincide with the full moon – come to that, that there might even be “moon walks” to the Falls on the nights around each full moon – had not even flitted through my ... read more

Novamente na motorvan hj sao 21.55 de 11 marco e aproveito para escrever sobre iguazu... As magnificas cataratas. Chegamos terca a noite e estava chuvoso mas mal saimos do aviao sentimos o ar daquele ambiente tropical. Na quarta fomos entao ver as cataratas argentinas e sao de facto extraordinarias, majestosas, magnificas e merecem ser vistas, uma forca da natureza. Passeamos o dia todo pelo caminho bem tracado e organizado entre a floresta tropical que rodeia as cataratas e no final do dia regressamos ao nosso hostel q era bastante razoavel. No dia seguinte decidimos ir visitar as cataratas do lado brasileiro uma vez que se encontram no meio desses dois paises e assim foi. Fomos de autocarro, passamos as fronteiras como de costume e la fomos e nao e a mesma coisa... Aas cataratas estao mais ... read more

Well, not poolside as I planned, it´s cloudy here today! I´m sure you´re feeling very sympathetic for me........ I´m heading to Sao Paolo tomorrow to get to the beach, north to Belo Horizonte to see Ana hopefully and then there´s another coastal town that has turtles so I´m hoping to go there and then to Rio. So here´s some pictures of the falls for you to while away a few minutes, love to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... read more