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July 16th 2011
Saturday and Sunday We'd booked a flight to Puerto Iguazu in Argentina with Aerolineas Argentinas - avoid flying with them. Our flight was delayed 3 hours and we missed our connection in Buenos Aires. Another nasty surprise was the $100 entrance tax to Argentina (only for us Aussies). We were sent to a hotel in downtown BA after being yelled at by the airline agent because we couldn't understand her English directions. We were joined in the taxi by a mime artist from Rio going to perform in Lima and a Bolivian engineer. They'd also had delayed flights. Every thing was paid for, including phone calls, and for dinner, now really late, we had the most tender grilled veal I have ever eaten - the menu was in Spanish and the waiter didn't have enough English ... read more
Ash clouds and aeroplanes
Published: June 14th 2011South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú
June 14th 2011
The news is that flights in and out of BA are still disrupted by the volcanic ash from Chile. Both LAN flights from here to BA were cancelled today, so we weren't optimistic about our booking for tomorrow. We've decided to go by bus instead. We walked up to the terminal this morning and bought two "super cama" class tickets for 1510 today. That will get us in to BA at about 0800 tomorrow, so we'll be on schedule. The only drawback is that we won't get to do the moonlit walk to the Devil's Throat tonight, but that might be cancelled anyway if it's cloudy. There are bound to be a lot of people booking buses today and we didn't want to be stranded in Puerto Iguazu.... read more
Iguaçu Falls 31 May-3 June 2011
Published: June 7th 2011South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú
June 5th 2011
A 1 hour 50 minute flight from Buenos Aires with LAN Argentina Airlines got us safely to Puerto Iguacu in the late morning. We had no trouble catching the bus, direct to our Hotel Garden Stone. The owners of the Hotel were very friendly and immediately went through suggestions on how to approach the day on the Argentine side of the Falls. We were also given a map of the Falls and the town. The Hotel had a pool (cold water so no swimming for me!), outdoor kitchen, many hammocks and areas to sit in the garden. We had a private garden setting outside our room, which we used on several occasions. We found some lunch and then walked around the town as well as finding the junction of the boundaries of the 3 countries, ... read more
May 18th 2011
After an overnight bus (where we were offered whisky and champagne - the Argentineans know how to travel in style) we arrived in Puerto Iguazu, home of the famous waterfalls. We stumbled across a place owned by a quirky man but it was a camping ground (i.e. tents in his backyard). When we explained that we had no tent, he led us to a gorgeous little wooden cabin that he hand built. It wasn’t completely finished but he moved his tools and let us stay there for the night. He immediately liked us because we are from the land of kangaroos (he said this while imitating a kangaroo hop). The cabin was surrounded by plants and you could hear the nearby river - a beautiful spot. The owner had two rules: silencio after 10pm; and you ... read more
May 17th 2011
I am sitting at the bus terminal in Puerto Iguazu. It is 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 17th. I have thirty seven more days in South America. I am starting to run low. Low on energy. Low on plans. Low on cash. My bus to Tucumán leaves in an hour and a half. I barely even know where that is on a map. The guy at the counter had to point it out on a map for me. Up until this point I have had a loose plan. Start in southern Chile, cross the border, and work my way up north. I have hit all my intended destinations in Argentina. I am know as far north as I can go in this country. Now what? I thought I might head to Bolivia to meet Julia and Loren. ... read more
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May 14th 2011
The end of Argentina has definitely been better than the start. We went to Iguazu to visit some of the biggest waterfalls in the world, but first had to pop in to Paraguay to buy a camera, as you do. We got on the local bus, but that meant we didn’t stop when we reached the border, so we had no stamp to enter the country. This was slightly worrying, but when we tried to leave there was a crush of motortaxis, minivans, huge coaches and people to cross in to Brazil and nobody was stopped there either. The waterfalls are as incredible as everybody says with rainbows everywhere. We got a mini train across the park and started walking around the 200 waterfalls – they have paths leading right up to where the water crashes ... read more
May 13th 2011
On Thursday I met Andres, the Cordobese guy who lives in Spain and who I met in Bariloche and who was in Cordoba city on this day. Afterwards, I went drinking mate with Benjamin and in the evening I got invited by his friend Anton and we kept talking until 3 am. On Wednesday, I had just time to buy some yerba and alfajores before starting my 21h bus trip to Puerto Iguazu. ExpresoSinger is the greatest bus company ever! Nice temperature, good seats, nice people, good(!) food and the first time I saw a woman working on a bus. The last 2h I was the only passenger :) The weather in Cordoba was quite nice, but here in Iguazu it's subtropic. The earth is red, the landscape green, green, green...beautiful! And the mosquitos aren't such ... read more
May 2nd 2011
there are no words (including swear words ) that can even get close to describing Iguaza Park and Falls. suffice to say that we left with sore eyes from taking in so much staggering beauty and raw nature, with sore ears from the stentorian roar of the falls and with sore mouths from constantly smiling at feeling so happy to be lucky enough to have spent a few hours in this most amazing and special place. here are a selection of photographs and a short video - enjoy.... read more
Posledna zastavka v Argentine/ Last stop in Argentina
Published: March 22nd 2011South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú
March 18th 2011
Dalsia noc a rano v autobuse, ale aspon sa nam podarilo zabrat dve dvojsedacky a tak sme sa mohli ako tak vyspat. Okolie sa zmenilo radikalne - cervena zem, husta vegetacia a k tomu teplo a dusno. Do Puerto Iguazu sme dorazili s 2.5 hodinovym meskanim a ako jediny v autobuse. Najprv sa nas chceli zbavit v nejakom depe, protestovali sme a tak nas posadili do mensieho autobusu ktory nas mal odviezt na autobusovu stanicu. Sofer po chvili zastal a chcel aby sme vystupili a doslapali si zvysok, odmietli sme vystupit a tak nas nakoniec predsa len doviezol na miesto ktore sme si zaplatili. Nasli sme si pekny hostel s bazenom a ventilatorom, ktory bude bezat celu noc. Vecer sme este isli zamenit nejake peniaze a stretli skupinku Cechov, zasli sme si na pivko a celkom ... read more
March 15th 2011
What a way to mark a border! Iguazu means big water and they are not exagerating. The falls which mark the border between Brazil and Argentina stretch for one and a half miles and have over 200 separate cascades. There is a campaign for it to be a wonder of the world and having seen it up close I can´t help but agree. No stranger to glitz and glamour you may have seen them yourself in Moonraker, or the last Indiana Jones movie. They are 4 times wider than Niagra and the hydroelectric power plant down river satisfys almost 40% of Brazils and Argentinas power needs. But it wont be the facts and figures that I remember it will be the experiance of standing close enough to get a thorough drenching.... read more
