So I´m standing on a metal catwalk over a tranquil spot on the Iguazu river. I've got a full day´s worth of sweat, sunscreen and bugspray coating my skin. One arm is strapped over Jenny's shoulder, the other firmly grasping the wooden guardrail. I close my eyes. There's a peace, a quiet that I haven´t experienced in a long time. The only sound is the gentle trickle of water passing by a few feet below me. Those slowly stepping dropplets and I have something quite in common. I, like that water, have no idea what extremes lie just a few meters [View Full Entry]

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We spent two days 'oop north' (as they say in Argentina) on the borders with Brazil and Paraguay, at the Iguazu Falls. We were going to bore you with statistics about how much water falls over the edge(s), how high they are, etc etc but we thought we'd just stick the pictures up instead. Suffice to say that viewing the waterfalls from afar (in Brazil) and anear (in Argentina) were fantastic sights. Apparently there are 275 waterfalls in total (doh! No more stats, honest), although how they counted them all, and how you determine what exactly constitutes one waterfall we haven't [View Full Entry]

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I hate to sound clichè, but words literally cannot describe what we witnessed at Iguazú National Park. These pictures can give you an idea, but they do not come anywhere close to capturing the experience of what it feels like to stand in front of the falls for yourself, to try to absorb all that you are seeing before you, to feel the water´s spray on your skin and to hear its thundering roar echoing in your ears. We all left the park that day agreeing that everyone in the world needs to come to Iguazú Falls and experience it for [View Full Entry]

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After a 17 hour (was originally thought 20, so cash back!) bus journey from BA to Iguazu we arrived at our hostel, but not any old hostel a hostel with a pool. Not just an old pond, but a proper do your lenghts job pool which for the first day we took full advantage of! The second day we went to the Argentinian Side of the falls which was darn impressivo. We went to the top of the devils throat, the highest and Cental point of the falls first which is littered with swallows (the national park symbol) darting in and [View Full Entry]

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The Christmas lights are hung, garland outlines store windows, Santa, who is always a jolly white fat man even though it is South America, is propped up in store windows, and it´s 32 degrees...celcius. Its definitely a challenge to be in the Christmas spirit when one is constantly sweating pretty profusely and all the kids are out for summer, not winter, break. I will say that America wins with the most over the top decorations (i.e. store decorations come out in August, carols dominate the radio, and Christmas tree lots occupy any vacant space.) It seems to be bit more low [View Full Entry]

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6/12-8/12/07 We arrived in Puerto Iguazu around 6am and headed out to Hostel International 5km out of town and were treated to some great accommodation. An ex-casino converted into a hostel, it included a massive swimming pool, pool tables, table tennis, everything you need in a hostel and more. After our 36 hours of travelling on buses, we decided to spend a day by the pool. The next day we were up early to head out to the famous Iguazu falls when we bumped into Sam & Jinx (from LBHF & Inca Trail) sitting at the breakfast table next to us [View Full Entry]

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After we realized that making it all the way to Tierra del Fuego with the rest of our time (and money) was near to impossible, we opted to stay in northern South America. We had not expected to see Iguazu Falls, on the border of Argentina and Brazil, but it became a destination with our altered plans. We hired a taxi to take us across the border of Paraguay, thru a sliver of Brazil, and then into Argentina. The town of Puerto Iguazu is the gateway for visiting the falls on the Argentinean side. The taxi let us out by the [View Full Entry]

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Ahhhh, Iguazu falls. It says something in the Lonely Planet about some people believing that waterfalls create ions that induce happiness... don´t know about that but I was pretty excited about seeing them before we got there. We caught the overnight bus down from Campo Grande to Foz do Iguazu, arriving at the ungodly hour of 5 something AM which was pretty average and not at all to form for us (we had been expecting to arrive at about 9AM, our buses never arrive early!). After yet another bus station bathroom wash we sorted out how to get out to the [View Full Entry]

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Foz Iguacu.....endlich wieder Spanisch sprechen [View Full Entry]

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After talking with a few travellers, we've decided to leave out Angel Falls (Venezuela) and do the Iguazu Falls (Argentina) instead as they are supposed to be the best in all of South America. So, we embarked on a16hr bus ride from BA to Puerto Iguazu. Surprisingly, the ride was very comfortable, well, we did have a 'cama' so the seats reclined into a bed position plus we got fed… So glad we came here. The Iguazu falls borders Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay so we could have had our passports stamped for a day in Brazil but we decided to remain [View Full Entry]

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