Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 6

After another long bus journey (16hours, 1 good film, 1 terrible and no  food unlike what we were promised; luckily we'd stocked up on crackers and fruit) we arrived in Puerto Iguazu. It is just beyond the border into Argentina and is nearest town to the great Iguazu falls. The falls were incredible; there are several different trails to walk around the national park. The lower deck allowed you to get close to the falls as they crashed down while the upper deck offered a better view of the whole area. Butterflies were constantly landing on us which just added to the Avatar-like scenery. For me the best bit was another trail which was across a long boardwalk over the top river. The walk took at least 10mins with a few spots of land until we ... read more

Hello all, Tomorrow we head to Buenos Aires, sadly leaving the subtropics. We saw lots of jungle animals at the worlds largest waterfall including; Brown Capuchin Monkeys, Agoutis, Coatis, a glass lizard, giant tegu lizard, Toco Toucans, Green-headed Tanagers, Great Dusky Swifts, red-rumped Caciques, numerous foliage gleaners and another spectacular array of butterflies. We will certainly miss the astounding biodiversity of the neotropics (we have see nearly 1000 species of birds and many were not identified!), but are also vary excited to experience late summer in Patagonia! The trip has certainly had its ups and downs. Jen had her very expensive Zeiss binoculars stolen out of my pocket while I was sleeping on an overnight bus and I had my pants stolen while hanging up to dry at our campsite (I have only 1 pair now!), ... read more

Hello All, We have made it to Argentina, southern SA! It is a totally different world down here than in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador! The food is mostly pasta, pastries and milanesa sandwiches (veal), the busses are a dream (although they are about 10 times more expensive here) and there is less garbage on the streets. Today we visited Iguazu Falls. More to come tomorrow. R&J... read more

wow what a crazy few days it has been! last time i think i wrote we were in montevideo. from there we move to cute little colonia de sacramento. its a nice little town with a lot of history routed in smuggling goods between brazil and uruguay. anyway we spent our time there wandering the streets and snapping a ton of photos of the cobblestone streets and historic buildings. the last day we were there we decided to head to the beach in the afternoon to catch some extra rays... the beach only becomes tolerable around 430pm here. anyway heres the meat for those of you who have already heard and the news for those of you who havent. i got my daypack stolen... i know i know... you are probably thinking oh monica you left ... read more

All I can say is wow! The Iguazu Falls were absolutely incredible! Definately the most impressive waterfalls I´ve ever seen in my life! The sound of them was overwhelming and the amount of water falling every second was unbelievable! You can easily see why they put a HEP station on the Brazilian side of the falls (the biggest in the world except for the 3 Gorges Dam in China). The only problem was the amount of tourists, literaaly crawling like ants all over the National Park, but I think today was a fairly good day numbers-wise becuase it rained most of the day! I still managed to get a little bit sunburnt though! The falls themselves are split into two, and i think the slightly more impressive side was the Devil´s throat, where you cannot see ... read more

We left Buenos Aires at 3.00pm yesterday, sad to say goodbye to our brilliant host Chelsea, and a city we both liked, mainly because of its laid back attitude and great variety of sights and things to do. Some of the highlights include the sense of freedom; trying empanadas for the first time; seeing the colourful houses of the district of La Boca painted from paint leftovers in shipyards, also one of the poorest areas of BA; the market in San Telmo that sold everything from fruit and veg to jewellry to antiques and to fake Ray Bans; and meeting some very drunk argentines at Chelsea´s local bar who tried to persuade us to rise up against the queen! We arrived today in Puerto Igauzu (Northeast Argentina on the border with Brazil and Paraguay) at around ... read more

Hey everyone, here are the pics from iguazu falls! Grandma and grandpa we hope they are just as you remember them (they made us feel closer to you guys just knowing you had been there too). We had a great day with our friends and half the day was above 40 and sun and the other hafe it rained, and then got hot and sunny again! we made make shift wine glasses for lunch and just enjoyed the surroundings before crossing the border into Brazil. We spent the night on the brazilian side and the next day tried some local beer and got on the 17 hour bus to Sao paulo! enjoy the pics. We are off to the beach until sunday, so we will post pics and give updates then! miss you all very much! ... read more

Hey so the falls were absolutely amazing. so tall and they were quite spread out, they covered a lot of land. They were on different levels and were really fast flowing. The first site of the falls took your breath away! The Brazilian side gave you a good idea of the layout of the falls, you could walk a little way into the spray and you could go up a viewing tower. The Argentinian side you could see the falls up close and you could peer over the edge into the falls mist. Unfortunately on the the Argentinian side, it was rather cloudy. We all sat in the jeep to take us to the boat in which we were going to go under the falls, and it just started to pour down. Not just rain, the ... read more