PUERTO IGUAZÚ ARGENTIINASSA 27.-29.11.2009 Argentiinan puolella yleisiä alueita ei ole siistitty, ojat kasvavat rikkaruohoa, pensasaitoja ei ole tasoitettu, talot ja bussit ovat rähjäisiä, mutta tunnelma on paljon sydämellisempi ja rennompi. Nyt on taas hauskaa, kun ei enää tarvitse varoa askeleitaan. Voin käyttää yleisiä kulkuvälineitä ja hoitaa asiani espanjan kielellä. Olen saanut vapauteni takaisin. - Tietenkin voi, suosittelen sitä teille, siellä on kolmen valtakunnan maamerkki ja hyvin kaunista. Miten niin ette voisi mennä jokirantaan kävelylle? - Brasilian puolella sanottiin, [View Full Entry]

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I´ve got to hang around until 6 tonight to catch a night bus to central Brazil (Campo Grande), so I thought would give a quick update on what I have been up to. Buenos Aires After the Marathon I hung around BA for a few more nigths and basically ate Steak and drunk Quilmes (Argy beer). Also meet a cool ozzie called Anne who is moving to the mighty Clapham Junction to live for a couple of years if it all goes to plan. After 2 weeks in BA it was time to move on. I was meant to catch the [View Full Entry]

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Well hello again friends, family and bloggers, this week we have been to Iguazu Falls and Ibera Nature Resereve in the heart of Gaucho country (a Gaucho is a S American cowboy). Hels wanted to do it as 2 sepereate blogs so I´m gonna tell you about Iguazu, and later she´ll publish another blog about the nature reserve. So last Tuesday we got the 18 bus ride to Puerto Iguazu from Buenos Aries on an Argentinian cama bus, now without taking anything away from Peruvian cama buses, which are extremely comfy, cama in argentina is pure luxury. A wide seat that [View Full Entry]

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Puerto Iguazu, Saturday 10th Yiippppyyyy arrived 37 hours later fully loaded with bags, wallets and gadgets all accounted for. We were booked in to stay at Hostel Inn ( http://www.hostel-inn.com/ ) (which is apparently awesome) but found out that Marcopolo Inn ( http://www.marcopoloinniguazu.com/ ) across the road from the station is the sister hostel accommodation there so swapped our booking , Really recommend this hostel, really clean, beautiful garden and pool, good breakfast and very helpful staff - 100%! And easy to get the bus to falls and to your next destination as the terminal i [View Full Entry]

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Pablo and I had planned to leave from Iguazu to Paraguay, as we were supposed to be able to get our visas in the town, but the friendly Paraguayan consulate man told us that he was no longer able to give visas from Iguazu, so we would have to go to the consulate in the city of Posadas, across the border of the Paraguayan city of Incarnacion. For this reason we found ourselves adding a stop in Posadas to our trip. In Posadas we found that the consulate was closed for the day and we would have to go the next [View Full Entry]

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Happy Birthday Pablo!!! Pablo and I set out early for Iguazu National Park, not sure if one day was enough to see it all but planning to fit in as much as we could in the day. We took the local bus from town to the park gates, bought our tickets and headed in. The island was closed off due to high water levels - it has been very rainy. We decided to walk the “lower falls” path first, then see the “devil's throat,” then walk the “upper falls.” Although we were very camera happy all day, photos don't do justice [View Full Entry]

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After a long bus ride we made it to the town of Iguazu. The landscape here in Misiones is beautiful - the contrast of rust-red earth and shades green are impressionistic! The town is small and cute, certainly supported mostly by tourism, but less in your face and disneyland-ish than I expected for such a tourist destination. Pablo and I arrived on Monday, early in the afternoon, a quiet day just before siesta, so it was especially quiet during our first walk around town. We spent the evening wandering around the nearly deserted streets, dropped off our laundry to be washed, [View Full Entry]

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Sooo after a less than magical 26 hr bus trip from Rio DJ to Puerto Iguazu that included; a changeover in Foz Iguazu, freezing cabin temperatures, bus companions with less than amicable gastronomy and an unexplained 1.5hr stop over in the middle of nowhere at 3am with all lights in the cabin on. Cata was later able to confirm from the heated conversation outside of the bus taking place in Portuguese and Spanish that our faithful drivers had apparently answered a 'Booty Call', we arrived two weary travelers keen to check into a hostel and begin our Puerto Iguazu travels Peter [View Full Entry]

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After a delightful overnight bus journey of 19 hours, which amazingly wasn´t too bad at all, we arrived in Puerto Iguazu in the middle of a tropical storm at around 9am. Coming from the glitz and glamour of Buenos Aires this place is like a shanty town. Its really small, the buildings are very simple, the roads aren´t complete and there´s really not much to do apart from the national park. After checking into our hostel we took a walk to a point on the river where the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. It was kind of cool to [View Full Entry]

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Trick to keeping your lunch when racoons are around.. SHOW NO FEAR! As predicted, the waterproofs did get another outing at the argentinian side of Iguazu!! We arrived at the national park where the falls are located to find it was gloriously sunny which made a change from the rather chilly overcast weather the day before. We set off on one of the trails leading to the waterfalls only to find.... more racoons. Lots more racoons. Honestly,theyre completely terrifying! Some japanese tourists in front of us decided it would be a great idea to get out huge cameras and shove [View Full Entry]

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