A Forced Smile!

Day 119 - A Wet Day in Iguazu Falls

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July 19th 2010
Lucia had told us the previous night that the weather we were currently experiencing was very unusual - when she had arrived a few days ago it was 24 degrees Celsius, and now it was 4 degrees. Today it got worse - it rained. We used the hostel’s minibus to get across to the Argentinean side of the Iguazu Falls National Park (we had hoped to see the Brazilian side too but our delayed flight scupp ... read more

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more