I hope everyone in the US enjoyed Thanksgiving! I missed out this year obviously as it is a US holiday and my friends here are all from Europe or South America. I also had somewhat of a hard time explaining why exactly we celebrate Thanksgiving....I mean I know all about the pilgrims and things you learn in grade school, but what historical signifigance does Thanksgiving really have to the United States? Instead, the day after I went with 4 Norwegians to Iguazu Falls in the northern part of Argentina on the border with Brazil. The falls were absolutely spactacular and we [View Full Entry]

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Argentina for the close up view and Brazil for the panoramic [View Full Entry]

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November 3, 2007 After a seventeen hour bus journey I finally arrived in Puerto Iguazu feeling rather shabby. To be fair the Argentinians do bus journeys in some style. I was able to sip vino tinto in my fully reclining armchair for the whole journey for the same price as a single to Milton Keynes. And lets face it, who wants to go to Milton Keynes? I dumped my bags at the Hostel Inn and set off for the Parque Nacional Iguazu. The falls are absolutely stunning. It is very difficult to capture how incredibly powerful they are with photographs. Allegedly, [View Full Entry]

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Da bin ich wieder um euch von der Vielfalt dieses Landes zu berichten. Der letzte Bericht ist ja schon eine Weile her. Das heisst aber, wie ihr euch wahrscheinlich denken koennt, dass ich mich in der Zwischenzeit nicht gerade gelangweilt habe. Im Gegenteil! Hier jagt ein Abenteuer das naechste kann ich euch sagen. Die letzte Woche in Buenos Aires war super! Habe ausgiebig Tango getanzt, bin toll Essen gegangen und habe noch ein paar Lieblingsplaetze entdeckt. Einer davon ist ein Cafe in einem alten Theater, das als Buchladen umfunktioniert wurde. Das Cafe ist auf der Buehne und der Geruch d [View Full Entry]

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One of the great disadvantages of the various TV travel documentaries on channels such as Discovery and National Geographic is that there aren't too many surprise venues left in the world these days. As an example, while we loved our visit to Machu Picchu, it wasn't a total surprise, as I guess we had viewed that location many times previously on telly. But I'm pleased to report a pleasant surprise on our first viewing of the Iguazu Falls. Not only was the scope and magnitude of them greater than we had anticipated, but no TV channel can quite reproduce the thundering [View Full Entry]

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Parque Nacional Iguazú, nationalparken med et af verdens største vandfald, ligger med den ene side i Argentina, med den anden i Brasilien. Og vi bor på den argentinske side, i den lille by på 32.000 indbyggere, Puerto Iguazú, som også er byen, hvor Paraguay, Brasilien og Argentina mødes. Fra vores argentinske side af floden Paraná ville vi let kunne svømme til venstre og komme til Paraguay, eller til højre for at komme til Brasilien. ”Der findes et paradis på jorden.” Det er det slogan, Puerto Iguazú hilser én velkommen med. Men det er først, når man kommer ud til vandfaldene, m [View Full Entry]

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Katharine, Cheryl (our friend visiting from London) and I took a flights over the weekend and visited Iguazu falls which we have heard so much about from our family and friends. We found a great hostel called Hostel Inn which had hotel amenities and a huge kidney shaped swimming pool which we spent quite a few hours under the sun. Iguazu falls was simply breathtaking and no matter how many pictures we took of it, we could not capture the beauty and power of its amazing presence. You have to be there to enjoy it.... All I can say is that [View Full Entry]

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Iguazu Falls - 2nd - 5th November 2007 We spent one day at the Argentina side of the falls and half a day at the Brazilian side. Totally amazing and sooooooo much water! On our arrival day it was raining and quite cool, we were worried, Iguazu has a sub tropical climate and gets really hot and humid - that is what we were expecting and hoping for! Thankfully the sun shone the next day.....we took a trip in the Parque Nacional Iguazu which started with an 8 km truck ride through the jungle with a guide explaining the flora and [View Full Entry]

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Iguazu falls vanuit de Argentijnse kant is echt een andere belevenis als de mooie vergezichten die Brazilie bied. Opnieuw erg indrukwekkend maar met enkele kilometers wandelpaden, veel trappen en meer dan 40 graden warmte met een extreem hoge luchtvochtigheid staat het volgens mij gelijk aan 5 spinninglessen achter elkaar. S'morgens om 8.30 uur vertrek vanuit het Braliaans hostel. De grens over met de nodige stempels en op naar het park. Uiteraard ging ik voor de bootride, erg toeristisch maar good fun. Met een speedboot vaar je zo dicht langs de watervallen dat je compleet gedouched wordt. [View Full Entry]

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Mai visto in vita mia uno spettacolo tanto impressionante. Il primo giorno ho visitato il lato brasiliano, il parco si gira in autobus e le cascate si ammirano tutte dal basso... Il secondo giorno inve l'ho dedicato al lato argentino. Il Parque di Iguazù è un immenso parco che si gira in trenino e che offre spettacoli per tutti i gusti: animali strani, percorsi avventurosi, ma la cosa più fantastica è il contatto con la natura come non credo di averlo mai avuto prima. La prima meta è la Garganta del Diablo... e già rimango senza parole, dopodichè mi avventuro sulla [View Full Entry]

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