http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Misiones en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:21 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:21 +0000 The 17 hour bus trip from Buenos Aires to Iguazu was somewhat daunting but turned out to be most pleasurable travelling full carma. Our apartment at Iguazu was good with the receptionist girls more than a little patient with my spanlish.This apartment was a far cry from our one night Eco lodge accommodation in the jungle on the Brazil side near the falls. The backpacker company over dinner was goo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-785761.html In the morning under fog the raid start. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-782520.html We had an 18 hour overnight bus ride from Buenos Aires up to the Brazilian Paraguayan and Argentinian border town of Puerto Iguacu. As always the ride flew by this time we were treated to pre dinner whiskey a steak dinner with red wine a second round of beer and then finished with champagne. The ultimate bus ride to date.By 7am the next day we were there the climate had changed from a cold an http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-779755.html If there is one crazy weekend to travel in Argentina it is Semana Santa. On top of that the next Tuesday is a public holidays...in honour of losing the Malvinas War 30 years ago...and to make things easier the government has given Monday off too. For info Argentina is running high the last three years as the country with the highest number of public holidays...a lot of them just given out by http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-779252.html The Iguazu river borders 3 countries Brazil Argentina and Paraguay. The falls themselves can be viewed from both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides and it is recommended to see them from both to complete the full picture of their wonderment. These are regarded as one of the most amazing falls in the world and Ive read and heard only Victoria Falls in Africa can rival them. Ive seen Nia http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-777358.html 18th March 13 Puerto Iguacu Got up late did nothing all day it rained a bit said goodbye to Jennifer my new Argentinian friend who was going back to college in Buenos Aires saw lots of cockroaches had dinner Argentinian bbq which involved black pudding kidneys and intestines mmmmm nice think we are the only guests left in the hostel and went to bed. 19th March 13 On to San Ignacio http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/San-Ignacio/blog-776825.html 16th March 13 Brasil to ArgentinaOnce again it was very bizarre to leave our hotel in Brasil and just outside catch a bus to Argentina Luckily when we checked out the lady on the desk spoke great English and explained to us the border crossing process. Basically we caught the public bus but had to tell the driver to drop us at the Policia National border post he then gave us a white slip w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-776495.html Nach pe 19 h Busfahrt vo Buenos Aires uf Iguaz ide Provinz Misiones bini total kaputt ime Hostel die Nchi vodem Drfli glandet. Sogar mit Pool wo aber nd soo wahnsinnig relaxend gsi isch will us de luute Luutsprcherboxe nbed dra immer wider de Pitbull mit sim nd alzu kreative Tacatasong oder de Gangnam Style sich hnd mse bewiiise. Jnu so isch das halt i dene PartyHostels http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-775469.html So after leaving the Brazilian side of the falls it took us two hours to cross the border and to get into Argentina. We got off the bus at the station and our hostel was literally just across the road. The place wasn39t up to much it looked like it was last decorated in the 7039s and the windows didn39t close so we knew we were going to get bitten to shit by mosquitos. We only stayed for http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-775466.html 1802 to 1902 Puerto IguazuOh it felt soo good to arrive in Argentina gone were the barbed wirerazor wireelectric fences surrounding properties which seemed the 39norm39 in BrazilOnce we crossed into Argentina we felt a sense of relieve in that generally we felt much safer 39a weight was lifted...39The Waterfalls It takes at least 4 hours to visit the falls on the Argentin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-775248.html Puerto Iguazu Argentinian sideAfter a very long over night bus journey that consisted of bad food and movies in spanish we arrived in Puerto Iguazu we checked into our hostel The Garden Stone and we finally had a private room a nice break from the dorms and the noisy snorers lol we headed to the supermarket to get supplies and chef Byrne russeled up a yummy spag bol before we hit the hay. The fo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-774638.html Early in the mourning after having something for breakfast nearly everybody at the hostal was eager to catch the bus to Cateratas. The waterfalls are approximately 30km from the town.The bus takes about 30 to 40 minutes and they charge you 30pesos eachway. Very efficient survice running every 20 minutes. Non South Americans pay 135 pesos for entry to the natural reserve.Since I had opted for http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-773754.html We left Buenos Aires and flew directly to Iguazu Falls. Initally we planned on seeing both the Argentinian and Brazilian side of the falls however the Brazilian embassy in SF was nice enough to put Chris on a 30 day waitlist for a visa appointment despite their being only 1 person in line when he visited. Despite the lack of a 360 degree view of the falls the Argentinian side was still specta http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-773675.html On the evening of January 2 we departed Buenos Aries on a Via Bariloche bus for what was supposed to be a 17 hour ride. We should have arrived in Puerto Iguaz by 1210pm which I had hoped would give us enough time to see the Brazilian side of the falls that afternoon. But we didn39t arrive until a few hours later and by the time we had checked into our hotel and had a bite to eat we decid http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-772812.html Puerto Iguaz is the fifth biggest city in the Province after Ober Posadas San Vicente and Eldorado. It lies right in the confluence of the Iguazu and Parand rivers on the boarder between Brazil and Paraguay. The city has developed its infrastructure around tourism mostly because it is advantageously placed 18 kilometres away from the worldrenowned Iguazu Falls that are one of the Seven Wo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-770898.html Un orage aujourdhui qui a bien rafraichi mais pas question de mettre le nez dehors pendant 3 heures. Puis comme les escargots visite de lAUTRE point culturel du village la maison de lcrivain Horacio Quiroga inconnu pour moi mais trs clbre en Argentine. Pauvre homme il a eu bien des malheurs personnels mais en tout cas sa maison est bien situe avec fort de bambous qui fa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/San-Ignacio/blog-769764.html Journe trs tranquille se reposer de la veille et discuter avec les voyageurs de passage dans cette auberge si sympa. Aussi pour raliser au final que je vais devoir rester un jour de plus ici vu quil ny a pas de place disponible pour les bus car cest les grandes vacances Visite des ruines en fin de journe pour viter les grosses chaleurs personne sur le site.Vire au http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/San-Ignacio/blog-769754.html A San Ignacio une petite auberge bien sympathique mattend. Rien voir avec les AJ prcdentes salle de bains et WC dans le jardin manire npalaise tout en un hamac dortoir de 5 lits une adresse atypique calme agrable petit dj qui fait du bien pour rcuprer car je suis fatigue lair de rien Il fait chaud ici aussi mais au lieu daller visiter tout http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/San-Ignacio/blog-769330.html Visite plus rapide ct brsilien mais tout aussi beau. Cest plutt la vue densemble quoiquil y en a toujours une de cache moins de monde aussi.Dans laprsmidi dpart pour San Ignacio le prochain arrt pour ne pas enchainer sur de nombreuses heures de trajets.gtPDJ Quel que soit le ct les chutes dIguazu valent le coup pas de publicit mensongre A qu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-769208.html Arrive 2 h du mat a y est Petite nuit aprs check in dans lauberge car je pars en excursion pour les chutes 8h Pas la meilleure ide cette formule mais ctait dj rserv depuis BA.Et puis la vision des chutes fait tout oublier le monde la queue leu leu le systme visite en groupe avec perte de temps. Impressionnant plein les yeux ce site est juste uniq http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-769201.html