http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Misiones , Iguazu National Park en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 17:42:05 BST Sat, 17 May 2008 17:42:05 BST During our 8 months of travelling we have experienced many things that have rendered us speachless. I think you will agree that this is odd for a couple like us who seem to never stop talking Almost every country that we have been to so far has had a least one Wow moment. Seeing and experiencing Iguazu Falls has left us utterly lost for words to describe it adequately. Our attempt at doing so i http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-275546.html All i can say is wow. We left for Iguazu Falls on May 2. It is only an hour and a half flight from B.A. I had high expectations of one of natures most amazing destinations but i was blown away.The waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometres of the Iguazu River all accesible by metal walking paths or small trains. You can get up to just mere inches away from the water. Some of the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-274625.html Enchanting falls..Back over the boarder a bus ride from the grass planes to the jungle from dry to hot humid and a wee bit sticky a 3km walk along the highway under somewhat intense sun... wondering all the time why nobody from the eldridge side has bothered to write yet...apart from the fact you all work in front of computers hint hint..... anyway we got to play with a baby lepoard for a wh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-270567.html Well I wanted this entry to be called Curitiba and Foz do Iguainsert c with the thing hereu but since my Argentinian keyboard is xenophobic I had to call it Curitiba and Puerto Iguazu instead.When I had last written I was in Curitiba a beautiful city full of universities and culture and fun. Well after a beautiful nights sleep in the university dorm I got a days full of cultural analysis http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-267469.html Eng version belowWodospady Iguazu znajduja sie na terenie Parku Narodowego Iguazu na granicy Argentyny i Brazylli. Halas nieprawdopodobna ilosc wody moc wodospadu robia niesamowite wrazenie. Szczegolnie stojac na skraju tzw Garganta gardlo zdjecie 10 11 13 czlowiek czuje sie malenki. Piekne magiczne miejsce idealne na pozegnanie z Argentyna. Niestety dzien ktory tam spedzilismy byl dos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-267443.html Sunday 13th AprilNot slept too well but looking forward to Argentina today. Good breakfast and by 830am we're on our way. The border is well setup for daytrippers... Our driver takes our passports and 20 minutes later they're all stamped on new pages unfortunately. By 10am we're in the park and on the 'jungle safari' hmmm... Bit of florafauna but no animals. The 'safari' ends and we walk d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-265176.html I am listening to Bersuit Vergarabat as I write this. They are an Argentine band that I am going to see tomorrow at Quilmes Rock the biggest Argentine rock festival. Back to the junglehellipToday was great I got separated a bit from my mom and Sharon but we each had our own adventures so it worked out great We started out together on the Macuco Trail a lesstraveled section of Iguazu Nati http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-262858.html Oi oiS er 2. del af turen startet 5 mneder i Bs. As. er slut og Sven og jeg er p vejen De sidste 3 dage er blevet tilbragt i Iguazu i den nordstlige del af Argentina.Til dem der ikke er med p hvad Iguazu er s kig et smut p billederne..Det har vret helt vild har aldrig set s meget vand og s vild natur en mi vidaVi var med en lille bd ude under nogle af de sm vandfald og de var h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-262358.html Sorry for my mistakes but i'll do my best with my english... I went for an intership that lasted 2 months at the Sheraton Hotel Iguazu... and during breakfast i could stare at the Iguazu Falls all the time... when i went for the first time in 1999 i fell in love with them... now that i returned i can asure that IGUAZU FALLS is the best place I've ever been to... with this pictures i'm sure you http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-262181.html Waterfall photos from Iguazu National Park both the Brazilian and Argentinian sides.I took a second trip to Iguacu Iguazu the most spectacular waterfalls I have ever seen the first trip was back in November secretly I wasn't happy with the photographs with a new camera Nikon D300 and it's first serious outing I messed up the settings left the ISO on the value I'd used for a nigh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-260349.html Day 148 Puerto IguazuI woke up rather early this morning and so went for a walk in town to get some breakfast and try and find an internet cafe that was open on Easter Sunday so that I could check in online a bit optimistic but at least I got breakfast before getting a taxi to the domestic airport and boarding a plane for Iguazu a few hours later. The flight was only two hours and with the pl http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-259453.html We decided to go first to the Argentinian side of the Falls where you get better closeup views of the individual waterfalls. We took a boat right under the falls and then walked around the whole park. Iguazu Falls makes Niagara look like a dripping tap. There are so many of them and so much water. The park itself is also very beautiful and home to lots of pretty butterflies and loads of geckos. W http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-259279.html So after i left off on my last blog basically i was not all that happy with the hostel and the were not many people around and those who were kept to themselves and i did try striking up conversations i suppose its one of those things sometimes with traveling solo but in the end a nice Argentine guy who lives in germany now and was back in Argentina on holiday started talking to me and gave me http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-258130.html I almost feel like I don't need to write anything here except maybe one word 'Wow'. The photos say it better than any words could. But seeing as this is a blog I suppose I should write something...Iguazu is one of the main tourist draws of Argentina if not all of South America and it's very easy to see why. They're around 3km wide and are made up of around 270 individual falls with the mai http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-257743.html You never would have thought two people check on to a flight together and one bag comes off first and the other dead last That was how we arrived at Puerto Iguaz airport. We missed out on the cheap shuttle transfer to town because while we were waiting for Pete's bag the shuttle filled up and left. So we had to pay 20 Reals about 15 to get to our hostel not such a good start to the next http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-255205.html Hola from Argentina Well lets seewe left Foz in Brazil and crossed over the border to Puerto Iguazu. I must say what a simple border crossing it was none of this walking for miles in no mans land between immigrations as we did in Asia you just get on a bus and off to get your passport stampedlovely and stress free for meWe stayed at a hostel called Hostel Inn its inbetween the falls and the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-251904.html I got to Puerto Iguazu the town near Iguazu Falls yesterday. The hostel I am staying at here is great supposedly the best in Argentina so I spent yesterday at the pool having fun.Today I went to the Argentine side of the falls. First I had a ride through the jungle in a 4x4 which was a little boring but it's nice to be back in the jungle. Then a boat ride through some rapids and then into s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-250861.html Iguazu fallsIt took about 30 hours on a total of 5 buses with a lot of waiting around in between to get from Paraty to Iguazu. I have to say at this point how amazing the Argentinian buses are like being on a first class flight huge reclining seats movies dinner wine breakfast blanket and a pillow. I have actually started to look forward to the long journeys And to top it all off I http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-249662.html Right....finally my first entry after nearly 3 weeks of travelling all down south in argentina...but if i don't start writing here at the end of the world i probably never will...but you know travelling is a job in itself and one has hardly any time. feel like the white rabbit.. or maybe im just lazy so after a really really long flight to buenos aires via sao paolo i decided not to stay i http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-247668.html Here I am back to South America...back to the internet world...so back to work...on the road. Was really happy to beback to connection...even if this means a lot of emails to go throughThe Wow effect of this trip is starting to get in full gear...I don't know in which condition I'll finish this tripor even this year...but who cares let's enjoyIguacu Falls Victoria Falls and Niagara Falls...wh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-246030.html Buenas dias from Argentina I hope this blog entry finds everyone fit and well and enjoying the cricket seasonAfter a great couple of weeks in Bolivia I have spent the last two weeks in northern Argentina and I have been having a great time. I spent a few days in the desert which was similar to the desert in southern Bolivia so I wont bore you with too many details only to say that I loved m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-242356.html Arrived late afternoon with a crowd from a SAGA holiday group including Judith Chalmers and husband. Thankfully not resident in our Hotel. We are right in the middle of the national park overlooking the main falls. The first couple of hours on Day 1 were spent organising the tours although we saw about 10 in the late evening stunningday 2 started with the whitewater boat ride through http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-241874.html Iguzu can be found at the northern tip of Argentina in the state of Misiones where it borders Brasil. The two countries share the distinction of having within their states the most magnificent phenomenon. Whereas Niagara Falls was caused by the weight of ice depressing the earth and causing an escarpment Iguazu Falls had much more violent origins. Caused a volcanic eruption which left a large c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-241745.html What a difference a few waterfalls can make to someones mood. After getting out of Uruguay as fast as possible I was in a town that was not even mentioned in my lonely planet book Concordia. I was a bit nervous before going because I wasnt even 100 percent sure I could make it to Puerto Iguazu from this city. It turns out the city boasts 200000 people and was quite beautiful. Had I known this I http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-238512.html Internet in Mendoza is so quick that are finally able to upload more videos Check out Iguazu Falls http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-238117.html Country number 4 beckons and cheekily in a way also country number 5 Its off to Iguasu Falls hopefully for any of you who read the title of this blog and were thinking that I was either illiterate or really hungover....the name Igausu has cleared things up.Iguasu falls is a collection of waterfalls on the Argentinian and Brazilian border. Now to get to the Argentine side from Paraguay you h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-237711.html We have been slacking on our blogs so Tim and I are going to recap what we have been up to.After San Luis which Tim will be blogging about we took a very long bus ride to Puerto Iguazu to see the Falls. We left San Luis at 1130pm and had a little confusion there. Apparently our bus tickets that we purchased that day were marked for January 23. To our luck there were 2 seats available on the b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-237231.html I hate to sound clich but words literally cannot describe what we witnessed at Iguaz National Park. These pictures can give you an idea but they do not come anywhere close to capturing the experience of what it feels like to stand in front of the falls for yourself to try to absorb all that you are seeing before you to feel the waters spray on your skin and to hear its thundering roar echo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-236501.html Our final stop before heading back home Iquazu Falls are located at the northern tip of Argentina and borders Brazil and Uruguay.We have finally posted our pictures from the last leg of our trip. It was the perfect place to hit last. We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel the only hotel that is in the national park. We had a birdseye view of the falls and direct on site access to all the walking tr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-233696.html Legend has it a jealous forest god caused the riverbed to collapse to stop a warrior escaping downriver with a young girl.The girl fell and turned into a rock the warrior survived as a tree overlooking his fallen lover.The sheer size and power of the falls are awesome. It was new years day when we got there. The hostel had laid on a party for everyone the night before. The weather was great we w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-232930.html