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Published: July 18th 2010
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We arrived at the bus station in Foz do Iguazu around 2.30 pm, three hours after scheduled.. our legs were hurting, and mildly to say also our butts!!
From here we took a local bus into the city centre, app. 2 reais pp.
It's quite ok to take the bus, if you're not skittish.
They drive like crazy, and if having a big backpack on it not so convenient (as they tend to stack people, if needed on top of eachother). But that's some of the charm of travelling as well eh?..
The bus drive takes only about 20 min.
We came (starved) to the city centre, and the first restaurant Thomas saw was a buffé, where you pay by the kilo.
Oh my.. Meat-lover Thomas at a buffé when starved, is a vision to non!!
We got our meat, and headed further in our quest to find a decent hostel.. At the moment we found "Pousada Laura", a place listed in LP, the skies opened and rain started pouring down. It was starting to get cold as well!!
Laura, a nice elderly lady was so sorry that she couldn't take us in. She had some problems with the water, and
therefore had to close her business until " no se"..
She was very helpfull though, and a bit absent-minded. She walked around herself in cirkle, while trying to call other hostels in order to get us a room. Two or three times, she stumbled in the sofa and tore down the telephone cord. At the same time, Thomas and I were referred to the couch to view a soap opera.
I had to pull my self together not to laugh at the situation.. She was so nice, and also a bit of a loony.
She had called a hotel in the city, since everything was occupied. The price started at 35 a night, but as we soon found out, the actual price was 50 reais.
The place that called itself a hotel, should not be allowed this!! (The name is displaced).
In the first room we were given, the water in the toilet did not go down, as we found out too late, Hmm...
We were upgraded to second floor, but here the flusher in the toilet did not work. Well, a good thing we had a bucket and are used to low standard.
The weather is now very cold
in this region! There is a polar-front that nobody are prepared for. the houses are not built for this, and we never see to get our core-temperature up to par.
Besides, when packing for this trip we thought - up in the mountains we'll need some warm clothes.
But the fact is that we have worn our only warm clothes now, every day for over a week!! Yeah, we stink! And there is nothing we can do about it! We can't leave our clothes at the laundry, cause then we'll have nothing to wear!!
Well, since it it so cold we have not done much sightseeing in Foz do Iguaçu - not that there are any!
The town is small, not very pleasent. The only thing to do is go to the national park of the Foz. That really is a sight!!
We only spent one day in the city, leaving in the morning with a local bus to the Park, cost app. 4 reias pp. At the park you can leave your backpack in a storage box, cheap.
The park is quite expensive, but worth it!
When hot, I would recoment to be seated on the upper deck
of the bus as it is very windy.
I.e not good for when it's cold:o(
The falls were magnificent, breathtaking.
We wandered around here for 2-3 hours, you also get to see some wild animals as this waterfalls as a matter of fact is situated in the forest.
Afterwards we wanted to go to the Argentinan side of the falls.
There is an easy way to to this, even if it takes time..
You take the local bus outside the park, to hotel Bourbon. Cross the street and jump on the next bus that for "Argentina". Get off at Frontera to get your departure stamp, and jump on the next bus headed for Argentina/ Puerto Iguazù.
If there are few people on the bus, it normally will wait for you at the border. If not, well then you'll have to wait.
Again as noted earlier, a big backpack and people stacked on top of eachoter is not very popular - but managable.
As soon as we got on the Argentinan side, both Thomas and I felt at ease.
The landscape was so different, more lush, the soil was copper-red and the people seemed more friendly too!
The city of Puerto
Iguazù is a really nice small town and a friendly place to be:o)
We were sorry that the weather was so cold, or else we would have stayed for a longer period.
We decided not to go see the Foz from the Argentinian side, Brazil has been more expensive then expected. So, now we have to save money where we can..
By the way, buy bread and some ham and cheese etc. at a supermercado, if trying cut down on eating out, as it is very expensive!
Or you can find local places to eat - I love this!
In Puerto, we found some sheds at the outskirts of the centre. Here we bought lunch, sandwiches 4 peso per., and a big bottle (1 litre) of beer (6 peso)..
We spent only 1 and a half day here, our next destination was San Ignacio Miní in the province Misiones.
To be continued...
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