Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 4

So the next stop on the tour was definitely a priority for both of us – The Iguazu Falls. The falls are said to be bigger than Niagara and lie just on the border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We grabbed another overnight bus (this time 18hours, the longest bus yet) from Buenos Aires and arrived in the small town of Puerto Iguazu around lunchtime. Back to warm weather again and I was grinning from ear to ear.It was too late to do the falls so we had a relaxing afternoon with some beers and an Argentinian grill for two. I think you will begin to notice by now that this country is really bad for making ridiculously good food for a reasonable price and we were taking advantage! That evening we managed to get the ... read more

Orlagh blogging here! After our long journey from Rio, we arrived in Foz de Iguaçu on Monday afternoon. We got off the bus and ran into 3 irish girls Jamie, Michelle and Sarah. We decided to get something to eat and stopped off at a traditional Brazilian all-you-can eat buffet. Afterwards, the girls decided to head over to the Argentinian side (to Puerto Iguazu) where they were staying. We decided to go see the Brazilian side of the Falls while we were there. So off we went with our backpacks (the heat was unreal) to look for a banklink to get cash, which took forever. It can be difficult to find a banklink that accepts international cards. We went looking for a tourist information centre, but it wasn´t where it said it was on the map. ... read more

Les chutes d’Iguazu se situent sur un fleuve qui fait la frontière entre le Brésil et l’Argentine. Chaque côté a donc son parc national, avec des vues differentes, les chutes formant un fer à cheval sur les deux rives. On fait donc les deux visites, sur au moins deux jours, car il faut deux heures pour passer d’un parc à l’autre. Foz de Iguazu est la ville côté brésilien, et Puerto Iguazu la bourgade argentine. Les chutes sont assez sèches en ce moment, avec un débit de 300m3 d’eau par seconde, contre 1500m3 en moyenne…une bonne partie du rideau de falaises n’est donc pas mouillé par les cascades. Le paysage reste magnifique, et les chutes principales, la Gorge du diable et Eva, sont impressionantes. On rêve de revenir pour les voir à 1500m 3 ! On ... read more

As a birthday treat for Mrs P we travelled back into Argentina and up to Puerto Iguazu via trains, planes and automobiles, or more precisely a ferry, a taxi (with a Falklands/Malvinas vet who shares our "love" for Mrs Thatcher) and a 12 hour overnight coach (a bed on a bus!!!) trip. After several cheap nights in the tent we decided to live it up at the Marco Polo ($45 per night!), poosh hostel with pool and nice brekky with trifle sponges (Kathers had more than her fair share!!) Puerto Iguazu is the nearest town for visiting the falls and thats what we did; Firstly from the Argentine side A large National Park with intricate paths running through the jungle/forest which tease you with various viewpoints of the numerous waterfalls. And for us that was the ... read more

Having spent our last couple of days in El Calafate just relaxing, doing a bit of laundry here and there and aerating our bags a bit, it was time for the flight back to BA. We had made the decision to sleep somewhere in the airport to save the hassle of finding a hostel (and obviously paying for the hostel), and when we arrived we quickly found a spot where everybody in the airport seemed to be napping so we decided to set up camp there. We soon learned however that log fires are not allowed in airports. We were apparently sat on the exact spot where Carlos Tevez had been sleeping under newspapers for the past however many months since leaving Manchester City. After about 10 minutes or so we were joined by 2 Argentinean ... read more