Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America

Our last day in the south dawned…probably just as well as we were running out of socks and things to do in Ushuaia. We had a lazy morning lie in and headed into town for coffee (though we could still have been waiting for Thursday’s) and lunch. Wandered to the prison museum, and although we initially balked at the admission cost, we really enjoyed what was on offer. It documented the history of settlement of the region - founded as a penal colony in the late 1800s and the maritime exploration in the area, including a large exhibition on Antarctica. The old cells housed each little piece of the story. Retuned back to our cosy cabin before our final celebratory dinner - king crab. The girls refused to partake so Geoff and I shared one. It ... read more

Bonjour à tous. L'intensité d'activité est vraiment retombée. Hier fin d'après midi à profiter des extérieurs de l'hôtel. Le soir pizza dans la chambre (très bonne) que le patron de l'hôtel a eu la gentillesse d'aller me chercher, à 9h15 lecture, 10h dodo. Ce matin même tintamarre agréable des oiseaux à partir de 5h30-6h. Le rendez-vous avec le minibus est à 7h45. Le temps est complètement dans la brume, je suppose de chaleur. La dame du service petit dej, me dit, se fait comprendre plus exactement, que c'est un signe de beau temps. Bonne nouvelle, les prévisions météo étaient fausses. 7H45 précise le mini bus arrive, aujourd'hui pas besoin de 4X4 pour faire la liaison avec la route nationale, le chemin s'assèche tranquillement. Je vois descendre Maria Laura la même guide qu'hier. Aujourd'hui m'explique t'elle nous ... read more

WOW. Spectacular. We were incredibly lucky with the weather. Two days of blue sky to see the falls and today, the day we fly back to Buenos Aires, it is raining. Day one we walked the trails on the Argentina side of the fall and yesterday we crossed into Brasília to see and experience the falls up close. We were drenched, but soon dried in the 30C weather. We also went on a jungle adventure by mountain bike, kayak, and Jeep. Loads of fun.. The falls are wider than Victoria and taller than Niagara, made up of approximately 250 individual drops. The Iguazú river and falls mark the border between Argentina and Brasília..... read more

GÜN 32 05 MART PAZARTESİ: Sabah ,heyecan fırtınası saat 05:30 da başladı.. Fırtınanın adı, "Ministro Pistarini" veya genel adı ile "EZE" havaalanına zamanında yetişmek.. Bu işi yüklenen tek toplu taşıma aracı, 8 nolu Aeropuerto otobüsü.. Alan o denli uzakta ki, taksi ile giderseniz milletvekili maaşı ödeyebilirsiniz.. Bu impossible mission’u ,otelin hemen önündeki "Florida" metro istasyonundan başlatıyorsunuz.. "Pelegrini" durağında inip, niçin böyle olduğu asla bilinmez ve hikmetinden sual olunmaz , "Diagonal Nort" durağına kadar yürüyorsunuz.. Oradan binip "İndipendencia" istasyonunda iniyorsunuz .. Devam ederek, daha önce keşif gezisi yaptığım 8 nolu otobüs durağını buldum.. Otobüsün gelmesi gecikmedi 06:20 de Otobüsteydim. Tam iki saat sonra 8:25 de alanda indim.. Bu denli... read more

If there’s anything I miss about America, it’s the promptness of the airlines. I know we all say it’s bad, but we know nothing. I have now flown Aerolíneas Argentinas for 5 legs, and only 2 have been on time: the 2 international ones, to and from Chile. Everything domestic has been delayed. The worst part was today, our departure from Buenos Aires was delayed until 3:15 from the original 1:20 departure, after our flight from Santiago to BA was perfectly on time. Normally, I wouldn’t care about a 2 hour delay. That’s nothing. But there were 3 things irking me. this is not the airlines fault, but we had a horrendous server at the Hard Rock Cafe in the airport, and it was kind of annoying. We shouldn’t have to wait half an hour and ... read more