Blogs from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 32

After a long bus journey of about 16 hours we arrived in foz to see the iguazu falls. Theres two sides of the falls the brazilian and the argentinian sides. We spent the 1st day at the brazilian side where we went on a speed boat down the rapids. please note this is a wet ride, got absoulutly soaked as they dunk you under the waterfall itself, was cool speeding up and down the rapids, was funnier to wath the japenese tourist with their ponchos on trying to stay dry....no chance! On the 2nd day we visited the Argentinian side with shaun and rianah, 2 girls from england and diedrik the flying dutchman. The falls were amazing from the argentinain side as you could get close up. It took us all day walking (8 hours) round ... read more

Hello all! Wonders will never cease and thanks to Mike Essex I´ve only gone and managed to set up a real honest to goodness Blog to give me a forum to bore you with and probably rant on. If you´re reading this then you are probably very bored at work so I´ll try not to rub it in too much that I´m not. Well Rio turned out to be a bit of a washout as I think I´ve already moaned about and so we´ve left the coast and set off inland. The place is enormous and the main mode of getting from A to B is on coaches for days on end. We had our first all dayer from Paraty to Foz de Igauzu. Always interesting boarding a bus when you´re not entirely sure where to ... read more

I´m on the bus to Foz Do Iguacu in Brazil by 7.30 am. I love the fact that border towns have roadsigns pointing to entire countries - ´Left - Town Centre. Right - Bus Terminal. Straight on - Brazil´. At the Argentine border I am stamped out, and that appears to be it. We cross the bridge over the Rio Iguazu, and I get a tingle of happiness as we reach the other side. Brazil. Country no.19. Immigration formalities are relaxed when it comes to people making the day trip to see the falls. Indeed, on the Brazilian side I am required merely to exit the bus, and wipe my feet on a doormat, before reboarding and continuing on my way. At least they have high standards of cleanliness. Like a fool, I´d assumed that ... read more

salut a toutes et tous, desole pour le long delai entre les recits... Avant de quitter Curitiba, apres une pause d'une semaine, nous faisons un trip d'une journee depuis la ville. Nous descendons du plateau a 900m ou se situe la ville, vers la mer a Morretes par la route appelee : La Graciosa. Apres avoir passe la banlieue de la ville, le spectacle est fabuleux, cette un chemin de terre sur la moitie et l'autre moitie est une longue descente pavee a travers les contre forts de la montagne completement recouvert de la foret Atlantique ! formidable, en plus c'est de la descente !!! Mais ce n'est pas le plus beau du voyage de la journee. Apres cette longue descente nous prenons le train pour remonter,et, la, impossible de quitter nos yeux de la ... read more

La oss understreke at vi har det helt fantastisk selv om vaeret er smaasurt og Haavard er blitt forkjoelet! Siris bihuler er forresten helt fine, for de som maatte lure. I dag hadde vi to nye ting paa agendaen; 1) sjekke ut Paraguay med sin grenseby Ciudad del Este, og 2) dra til fugleparken ved Iguacu (Brasil-siden). Vi tok buss fra hostellet til Ciudad del Este. Siri satt og knuget passet halvt i filler og var nervoes da vi passerte tungt bevaepnede grensevakter med lavt blodsukker og tilsynelatende liten humoristisk sans. 30 meter fra grenseovergangen kommer byen Ciudad del Este som et knyttneveslag i mellomgulvet. Noen av dere har kanskje vaert i Stroemstad paa flesketur og sett handelskulturen der? Og noen av dere har kanskje vaert paa rockefestival og sett alle salgsbodene der? Ta begge disse ... read more