Day 148: Puerto Iguazu I woke up rather early this morning and so went for a walk in town to get some breakfast and try and find an internet cafe that was open on Easter Sunday so that I could check in online (a bit optimistic, but at least I got breakfast), before getting a taxi to the domestic airport and boarding a plane for Iguazu a few hours later. The flight was only two hours and with the plane half empty, the journey wasn't too stressful at all. Disembarking at the other end, the sweltering heat was a little beyond [View Full Entry]

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Waterfall photos from Iguazu National Park, both the Brazilian and Argentinian sides. I took a second trip to Iguacu / Iguazu - the most spectacular waterfalls I have ever seen - the first trip was back in November - secretly - I wasn't happy with the photographs - with a new camera (Nikon D300) and it's first serious outing - I messed up the settings, left the ISO on the value I'd used for a night trip to the Itaipu dam. So a revisit was worth it - this time with a circular polarizing filter, a tripod and a lot more [View Full Entry]

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So after i left off on my last blog, basically i was not all that happy with the hostel and the were not many people around and those who were kept to themselves and i did try striking up conversations, i suppose its one of those things sometimes with traveling solo, but in the end a nice Argentine guy who lives in germany now and was back in Argentina on holiday started talking to me and gave me some of his beer. The next morning was bright an early start of 5.45 am and i had mango for brekkie which was [View Full Entry]

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I almost feel like I don't need to write anything here, except maybe one word - 'Wow'. The photos say it better than any words could. But seeing as this is a blog, I suppose I should write something... Iguazu is one of the main tourist draws of Argentina, if not all of South America, and it's very easy to see why. They're around 3km wide, and are made up of around 270 individual falls, with the main one being the Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat in English). I think they're wider than Victoria Falls, but as it's not just one [View Full Entry]

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We decided to go first to the Argentinian side of the Falls where you get better close-up views of the individual waterfalls. We took a boat right under the falls and then walked around the whole park. Iguazu Falls makes Niagara look like a dripping tap. There are so many of them and so much water. The park itself is also very beautiful and home to lots of pretty butterflies and loads of geckos. We were lucky enough to be there on one of the 5 nights that they run full moon tours out to the falls at 10pm so we [View Full Entry]

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You never would have thought - two people check on to a flight together, and one bag comes off first, and the other dead last! That was how we arrived at Puerto Iguazú airport. We missed out on the cheap shuttle transfer to town because while we were waiting for Pete's bag the shuttle filled up and left. So we had to pay 20 Reals (about $15) to get to our hostel, not such a good start to the next leg of our trip. We arrived at our hostel on Christmas Eve and were instantly impressed - it used to be [View Full Entry]

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Hola from Argentina! Well lets see,we left Foz in Brazil and crossed over the border to Puerto Iguazu. I must say what a simple border crossing it was none of this walking for miles in no mans land between immigrations as we did in Asia, you just get on a bus and off to get your passport stamped,lovely and stress free for me! We stayed at a hostel called Hostel Inn its inbetween the falls and the town. It was like a mini resort in Spain,the pool was amazing and there was 2 bars and a restaurant,it was pretty cool. Needless [View Full Entry]

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I got to Puerto Iguazu, the town near Iguazu Falls yesterday. The hostel I am staying at here is great (supposedly the best in Argentina), so I spent yesterday at the pool having fun. Today I went to the Argentine side of the falls. First I had a ride through the jungle in a 4x4, which was a little boring, but it's nice to be back in the jungle. Then a boat ride through some rapids, and then into some of the falls (not all the way in, but pretty close). Everybody got soaking wet, and it was great fun. After [View Full Entry]

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Right....finally - my first entry after nearly 3 weeks of travelling all down south in argentina...but if i don't start writing here at the end of the world, i probably never will...but you know travelling is a job in itself, and one has hardly any time. feel like the white rabbit.. (or maybe im just lazy) so, after a really, really long flight to buenos aires via sao paolo i decided not to stay in BA but to head straight to the iguazu falls - that meant after getting off the plane getting straight onto a bus for 20hrs! but beware, [View Full Entry]

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Here I am, back to South America...back to the internet world...so back to work...on the road. Was really happy to be back to connection...even if this means a lot of emails to go through! The Wow effect of this trip is starting to get in full gear...I don't know in which condition I'll finish this trip or even this year...but who cares, let's enjoy! Iguacu Falls, Victoria Falls and Niagara Falls...which one is the most impressive? I don't know, but trust me I'll have the answer by the end of this summer. Two more entries to wait for another dream trip...and [View Full Entry]

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