Well hello again friends, family and bloggers, this week we have been to Iguazu Falls and Ibera Nature Resereve in the heart of Gaucho country (a Gaucho is a S American cowboy). Hels wanted to do it as 2 sepereate blogs so I´m gonna tell you about Iguazu, and later she´ll publish another blog about the nature reserve. So last Tuesday we got the 18 bus ride to Puerto Iguazu from Buenos Aries on an Argentinian cama bus, now without taking anything away from Peruvian cama buses, which are extremely comfy, cama in argentina is pure luxury. A wide seat that [View Full Entry]

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Happy Birthday Pablo!!! Pablo and I set out early for Iguazu National Park, not sure if one day was enough to see it all but planning to fit in as much as we could in the day. We took the local bus from town to the park gates, bought our tickets and headed in. The island was closed off due to high water levels – it has been very rainy. We decided to walk the “lower falls” path first, then see the “devil's throat,” then walk the “upper falls.” Although we were very camera happy all day, photos don't do justice [View Full Entry]

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After a delightful overnight bus journey of 19 hours, which amazingly wasn´t too bad at all, we arrived in Puerto Iguazu in the middle of a tropical storm at around 9am. Coming from the glitz and glamour of Buenos Aires this place is like a shanty town. Its really small, the buildings are very simple, the roads aren´t complete and there´s really not much to do apart from the national park. After checking into our hostel we took a walk to a point on the river where the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. It was kind of cool to [View Full Entry]

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Trick to keeping your lunch when racoons are around.. SHOW NO FEAR! As predicted, the waterproofs did get another outing at the argentinian side of Iguazu!! We arrived at the national park where the falls are located to find it was gloriously sunny which made a change from the rather chilly overcast weather the day before. We set off on one of the trails leading to the waterfalls only to find.... more racoons. Lots more racoons. Honestly,theyre completely terrifying! Some japanese tourists in front of us decided it would be a great idea to get out huge cameras and shove [View Full Entry]

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Hola Chicos, was soll man dazu noch gross sagen. wir denken die Fotos sagen mehr als genug. Nach einer wirklich sehr langen Busfahrt, in einem erstaunlich bequemen Bus sind wir im scheinbar verschlafenen Puerto Iguazu angekommen. Da war dann auch mit uns nicht viel los, wir sind abends schlecht Essen gegangen und wollten dabei das Fussballspiel (Argentinien-Brasilien) schauen. Zur Halbzeit haben wir die Lokalitaet gewechselt, da uns der Ton gefehlt hat ;-) In der Bar, in welche wir dann einkehrten, schien es auch recht beschaulich.Die Kellnerin hatte grosse Brueste, das Fussballspiel hat [View Full Entry]

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During my previous trip to Argentina, I had always wanted to go visit Cataratas Igauzú- which is known in English as the Iguazú fall. It is undoubtedly one of the most amazing natural wonders in the world. However, I always dropped it from my itinerary at the last minute, the reason is that it is far out from my usual routes of excursions- Córdoba (El Centro), Mendoza, San Juan (El Cuyo) and Pantagonia. Iguazú is too far out to the northeast region and there are no really attractive destinations to see en tour to there. However this time I have decided [View Full Entry]

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Argentina buses rock! Señor Snapper endorses them whole heartedly. When you book Cama suite or executive, its first class all the way. The seats recline completely, you get individual tv monitors, they serve you wine and champagne and meals at your seat. Our 20 hr bus ride from BA to Iguazu was pretty comfortable. Señor Snapper made himself right at home! Arrived at Iguazu around 1:30 and headed straight to what turned out to be a luxury hostel. Before we´d even put down our bags, Leah had us booked on a jungle adventure - rapelling, zip lining and hiking through the [View Full Entry]

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The falls are spectacular! There are no words to describe it. We spent the entire day there wandering the various trails and taking pictures every 10 metres or so. The pictures will have to speak for me. I´ll try to upload the best of the hundred or so taken haha. We decided to try and get up early to be at the falls first thing. We stayed up a bit too late partying so the wakeup was a little harder than we thought... However, we still managed to get there by 9 am. It´s definitely worth it to get there as [View Full Entry]

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So after a brief 5 hour flight pretty much due North and we´re still in Argentina, swapping warm and sunny for the chill of the past few days. Here to see Iguazu falls and what a jaw dropping sight it remains. Its my second visit after a trip with an old schoolfriend (evening Dunc) back when we were all young, free and single and before he tired of my relaxed approach to rising in the mornings, thankfully (for me at least) now I have a new victim. They´re currently bidding to be one of the new 7 natural wonders of the [View Full Entry]

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Having taken it very easy in Sucre we geared ourselves up for a Sonic the Hedgehog-style run from Sucre to Iguazu. First we flew from Sucre airport to Santa Cruz regional airport. We spent an afternoon in the Irish Pub on the main square and then found a hotel for the night. Next morning we made our way to Santa Cruz International airport outside of town for our flight to Asuncion that afternoon. We bid a fond farewell to Bolivia, and then spent about 10 hours in Paraguay where we became millionaires for a day. The currency in Paraguay is the [View Full Entry]

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