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South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú January 25th 2008

Alright well on thursday I left Asuncion for Ciudad del Este, Paraguay which is very close to Iguazu Falls. When I got there I immediately went to the famous dam which is actually pretty amazing... supplies about 80% of Paraguay´s electricity and 25% of Brazil´s entire demand according to my guide book. All hydroelectric power! That seems unbelievable to me... how much cleaner would our planet be if we followed their example? Not that it´s the best... it did cost millions-- no, I´m sorry, BILLIONS of dollars to construct AND it flooded Sete Quedas, which were waterfalls even more impressive than Iguazu Falls, again according to my guide book. Anyway so after the tour there I went straight to immigration (the taxi driver waited for the tour to end so I wouldn´t have to wait for ... read more
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú January 23rd 2008

Well, i arrived to iguacu after a 18 hour drive in a bus. The ride was great as we were served food all the way and were being taken of really well. On the arival i found out that the couple in front of me was irish and that they too were on the way to the same hostel i was and so we shared a taxi to the argentinian side of the falls and then took a bus together to the hostel. The hostel appears to be a party place with a pool and very nice staff. Also there is a big group of argeninian girls here along with a guy that seems to control them all dancing all night near the pool (should have taken photos of that....). Anyway i am having a really ... read more
Iguacu Argentinian Side
Me on the Argentinan Side
Spider

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú December 14th 2007

After our wild experience in the pantanal i was really stoked to be clean again. we had half a day to kill in campo grande before our bus to Rio... so we sat at the breakfast table with this kiwi couple we{d met and looked at my tourist map from the airport. it looked like there were a lot of cool things to see until we looked closer and saw that they had marked down the sculpture in front of the airport as an attraction, etc. we did go for a walk to view some more of these amazing attractions but it was just a joke! we bussed to sao paulo planning to transfer to rio, ended up at some random terminal that was off the lonely planet map, and being portuguese speakers in brasil it ... read more
Ipanema beach
View from the sugar loaf
Gimly and the Brazil flag on the sugar loaf

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú November 29th 2007

We LOVE waterfalls!!! They truly have to be the most amazing thing that nature has to offer - well, with exception to flipper nibbling, people friendly sea lions. :D The seventeen hour bus ride was not as bad as we thought it would be (thanks entirely to complimentary whiskey and an English version of Robin Williams on an RV trip with his family). Upon arrival in Puerto Iguazu, we set out for a place called "Hostel Inn" - apparently the hostel to stay at, according to many who have gone before us. Turns out that the many who have gone before us are on crack. The place turned out to be a crap bucket. Except for the ginormous swimming pool (probably peed in by every child with a passport), we were far from pleased with the ... read more
Whoops
Rest Time
Hostel Inn

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú November 15th 2007

What an amazing place.. I was worried that the falls would be an anticlimax after all the rave reviews I'd heard, but they surpassed all my expactations.. And we found great accomodation with a pool.. Hostel Inn Iguazu ... read more
Iguazu
Iguazu
Iguazu

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú October 25th 2007

So, apparently, there is this urban legend theory that says that negative ions, which can be generated by waterfalls, make people happy. The legend is myth, but I´m happy to say, the falls of Iguazu National Park are truly spectacular. What´s more, the wildlife of the park was up front and amazing. I´m sure that to a certain degree, to a local, not all of the things I saw were that great. For example, the coatis, which are little pig/racoon items, were amazing and interesting to me. However, since they were to be found often in eating areas and garbage cans, I´m sure locals think of them more like overgrown squirrels than anything else. I was most excited about being lucky enough to run into a Brown capuchin troop. It looked like a nice healthy troop ... read more
At the end of every rainbow...
more water

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú October 14th 2007

Back in Argentina Just as we were leaving Uruguay a big storm hit the Rio Uruguay area so we abandoned our original plan of going to Concordia and Colon; instead we travelled further inland to Parana, on Argentina´s longest river, Rio Parana. The bus from Concordia to Parana was great - we travelled in Cama class which, despite reclining seats, movies, food and drink, is apparently only the third best class of bus in Argentina. I can´t wait to try the others! Argentina seems to have gone rugby mad since we left. The soccer authorities even changed the start time of the football match between River-Plate and Boca Juniors, the biggest club game in the football calendar, as it clashed with one of the Argentina's games. I guess, seeing as we're here now and Ireland are ... read more
Garganta del Diablo
Roger the Reptile
Lizzy the Lizard

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú October 10th 2007

Yesterday (09/10/07)we had a lazy day. We went to the bank and sorted out photos, blogs etc. But the rest of the day we chilled out by the pool and then played volleyball before swimming and other fun pool stuff. We met some Aussie guys, Chris, Rich, Jason and Dan. Dan has promised to do Sydney bridge with us when we get there as he will be home by then. Its a deal. We had also been to a supermarket and so cooked up some pasta slop (first meal weve cooked since we left ha ha) which was really surprisingly nice. Today (10/10/07) we have been back to the Iguazu falls on the Argentinian side this time. We have been all over the park exploring and seen all manner of wildlife, more infact than we ever ... read more
Me under the Falls
Devils Throat

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú October 8th 2007

Argentina is so yaaaay!!! We love it!... read more
Three Frontiers
Yaay!
Backpacking

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú October 2nd 2007

Buenos Aires, Uruguay and Iguazú - 15 September to 30 September 2007 After a night on the plane and a short stopover in Santiago, Chile, we arrived in Buenos Aires ready for anything. We were bemused by the blasé attitude of Argetine customs who waved us through as if they were surprised and even mildly irritated to see us, even though they'd made us fill out all the forms! We then avoided all the calls of 'taxi? taxi!' and ran for the bus to our hostel in the San Telmo area, so our long trip down to South America started with a plane, then a bus, then a van, leaving us to walk the last few blocks with our packs on our backs. Buenos Aires is basically a big city with lots of people, cars, tall ... read more
Street leading up to the Obelisco in Buenos Aires
Asado
Cobblestone street in Colonia




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