Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 22

We arrived in the town of Puerto Iguazu (there is no port) and decided to stay a while as there was much to see - mostly of the nature reserves and waterfalls. The first day we explored the little town, which surprisingly did not feel touristy despite existing mostly for that reason. In the afternoon Henry bought an Argentinian football shirt and when leaving the shop we bumped into Toke and Line, the Danish couple. We all had a delicious tropical fresh fruit drink together and caught up with a few stories to tell. That evening we went to a newly opened restaurant and stuffed ourselves with pizza starters, massive steaks and a bottle of wine. We were again treated with a free bottle of champagne at the end of the meal! The following day we ... read more

Jetzt wird´s heiss... seeehr heiss! Wir sind ganz weit im Norden an der Grenze zu Brasilien und Paraguay. Wir sind hier um die Cataratas de Iguazu zu bestaunen. Am ersten Tag besichtigen wir die Wasserfälle von der brasilianischen Seite aus. Von dieser Seite aus bekommt man einen sehr guten Überblick über das gesamte Gebiet. Mehr als einen halben Tag braucht man hierfür nicht einplanen, da die betonierten, gut zugänglichen Wege nicht sehr weitläufig sind. Im Gegensatz dazu gibt es auf der argentinischen Seite, die wir am nächsten Tag besucht haben, mehrere Kilometer Pfade die einen direkt an viele der Absturzkanten führen. Zur Abkühlung kann man auch eine kleine Bootsfahrt unternehmen bei der man mitten ins Sprühwasser gefahren wird. Sehr angenehm bei den hier herrschenden Temperaturen. Neben den beeindruckenden herabfallenden Wassermassen gibt es hier auch einige putzige ... read more

Iguazu Falls is an amazing place in the world; we would both put it on the list of our highlights so far, it is truly beautiful. The falls lie on the border of Argentina and Brazil so we spent 2 nights on the Argentinian side and then 1 on the Brazilian side. It has to be said that the Argentinian side is probably the best but they both have very different view points. On the Argentinian side we started by walking on the lower walkway, looking at the falls from above. As soon as they came into sight we kept stopping on every corner to take a photo! The width of the falls is so amazing and the amount of water plummeting to the bottom makes such a noise, followed by a huge mist that you ... read more

Leaving New Zealand i thought the landscape there will be hard to beat...well Argentina has definitely definitely change my mind again. I leave the pics to explains for it self...Enjoy whilst im on my 48hour bus journey to Salvador for the carnaval. Miss all you guys back home!!!... especially when your dancing and eating huge seafood platters and oysters without me :( grrrrrrrr!!! Love ya CiaoXX ... read more

We decided to take a bus journey from Buenos Aires to the Argentinian side of Iguaza falls in order to save some much needed money. The bus was supposed to take 16 hours, however, it took a little longer due to the bus breaking down a few times a long the way- lovely!! Two English guys Matt and Tom that we had met in Buenos Aires travelled with us, though they couldn't stay in our hostel as it was fully booked. Our hostel was very strange, we were located in a little shed to the side of the main building, here there was no hot water and the beds were extremely uncomfortable. Added to this was the fact that we were on the bottom floor and our room had no door so whenever anybody came in/out, ... read more