Blogs from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 39

After another night on the road and lots more driving, we arrived in Foz do Iquaçu, the brazilian city closest to the mighty waterfalls for which the town is named. The cataratas are actually about 275 separate waterfalls altogether on the river iguaçu; a million or so years ago they used to be where iguaçu emptied into the river parana' (which forms the border between brazila and paraguay) but do to erosion they have moved farther and farther upstream. due to different erosion rates of rock types, there are two levels of falls in most places, like steps. they are amazing. To visit the cataratas (waterfalls) you can go to either the brazilian or argentinian sides of the river, though we (and most tourists) opted for both. you need about a day to do each side. ... read more

Like I said before, travelling without plans is great, as long as you have enough time to do whatever takes your fancy along the way. Knowing your limits is frustrating. Countless places and activities get left behind with promises of coming back one day. We only had one place which we were desperate to go to: Macchu Picchu in Peru. Which was why our pouring over the cheap tickets to Asunción, Paraguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina came to nothing. Instead we decided to hang around in Foz before heading off in a vaguely Westerly direction. We had been so impressed by the waterfalls the day before that we decided to go back and see them again. We got on the bus with that intention, but quickly changed our minds when we saw a sign to the ... read more

After getting to Foz do Iguacu at 6am and in the freezing cold we weren´t in the best of moods, but still managed to walk all the way to the hostel (which took about 2 hours) to save money. After we got here we settled down and then headed out to explore the town. It´s nothing special, a bit like Curitiba really, but we weren´t here for the that, we were here for the billions of gallons of water that stream down the 250 waterfalls just down the road! A very impressive sight it was indeed, when we finally got there. If it had~´t been for the teenager projectile vomiting it would have been perfect. Best views of Brazil so far! The falls are so incredibly huge and vast, and the rainbows and mist clouds so ... read more

In Iquacu, we´re staying at the Tropical das Cataratas hotel in the national park. food~s great of course. The first day, Candy and I walked the trails and checked out the falls which is 100 ft. from the hotel. It got dark on us and we walked back in the dark, thinking about the 140 jaguars running loose in the park. About that time a bat flew in my face but he maneuvered out of the way before I jerked my head off. Candy thought something had bit me. just a little excitement in your...... ordinary kind of park. Now we~re on to Buenos Aires tomorrow. yea!!! No wild cats there I hear. Bats, either. RV in Indiana and Bobby in Trumann and Tanner in Fayetteville: good to heear from you and hold down the USA ... read more

Posting the Pics from the Falls. will write more later. cr... read more