Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 25

We left to catch the morning bus from Paraty to Sao Paulo but this was full so we had to wait around for 4 hours for the next bus. This took 6 hours to arrive in Sao Paulo we then took another bus to Iquazu taking 18 hours. We arrived in Foz De Iquazu at 10.30am and stayed at hostel Bambu. We visited the Brazilian falls that afternoon with our new Brazilian friend Chris. We got an open top bus to the trail which was beautiful and gave you an overview of the falls. There were Coaties along the paths and butterflies everywhere. There were so many waterfalls and the main attraction was The Devils Throat, the most powerful one of all. That night we went for Lebanese (as there is a strong lebanese influence in ... read more

Didn´t end up going to the park yesterday so we thought we would give the Brazilian side a go today! Managed to get a 2 buses which took us across the border and into the Brazil park. Although the Brazil side is much smaller in comparison it has the panoramic views of the entire falls. It was good to get to do both, as the Argentina side allows you to get right up close to the water, and see everything from close up. It´s hard to get a proper feel for exactly how big it is when you´re too close, but being on the other side meant we saw everything from a distance, and it looked incredible. Still too big to fit everything in a picture unless you´re in a helicopter, but took some great ... read more

Already been here once but decided to break up my 34 hour journey to Buenos Aires at this hostal which resembled a holiday resort. There was even a Brazilian show for my last night in Brazil, how about that ay?... read more

Weer een lange busreis achter de rug. 17 uur deze keer. Om ongeveer 6.oou ´s morgens kwamen we, (ik, Will en Henry) aan in Foz de Iguacu (Brazilie)bij het toffe hostel Bambu. Het personeel had hun bedden afgestaan en lag op het moment dat we aankwamen te slapen op het balkon op luchtbedden. Kleine kans dat we een plekje hadden daar, maar na wat schuiven bleek er toch nog ruimte voor 3 mannen. We konden ook meteen gebruik maken van het ontbijt. Nog geen uur na aankomst gingen we naar de watervallen. Omdat we aan de Braziliaanse zijde waren konden we alleen maar de watervallen van een afstand bekijken. Voor een kijkje van dichtbij hadden we de volgende dag ingepland in Argentinië. We gingen met de bus en eenmaal aangekomen moesten we een klein bedrag aan ... read more

My last entry was from Mendoza, after our day of ´white´ water rafting and night of dancin´under the stars. Needless to say we had to take a break on sunday to recouperate and get ready for some more serious traveling. Monday Lauren and I took a Bodega tour (winery) through the infamous vinyards of Mendoza. We drank some fabulous wines and learned a whole lot about the process of picking, transporting, fermenting, aging, storing and bottling. The first winery we visited wasa smallish family holding where we were actually able to walk out around the vines, stealing samples of the REALLY tart grapes (doesnt take a professional to determine that they weren´t quite ready for harvest yet!), and then we went into the actually processing plant to check out their multiple thousand litre storage tanks! Eeeek, ... read more