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Published: February 11th 2007
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Well you could not do one side of Iguassu Falls and not the other so we hopped on a bus and headed into Argentina.
This side of the falls, we think, were more impressive as you can walk across a bridge that ends at a viewing platform where you are sooo close to the thunderous falls - all in all, pretty impressive! The Argentinian side of the national park seemed to have a much better layout with lots of different walks you can do where you see various different falls, there is also a little train that you can take, plus no stupid anteaters that attack you!
We also saw some cool wildlilfe - a toucan and a very lazy crocodile who was bathing itself in the sun. Unfortunately we did not get to go on the boat ride into the falls which is a bit of a bummer as it sounded like really good fun as you get to go really close to the falls.
From the falls we took an overnight bus to Mercedes, a small town with not much to offer apart from being the gateway to the wetlands 'Esteros Del Ibera'. We had to
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They are everywhere wait at the local YHA hostel for our pick-up, whilst waiting I started to scratch and scratch and stratch, only to discover that I had been bitten all over my arm and face whilst sleeping on the bus - mmmm nice!
Our road trip into Esteros del Iberia took a lot longer than we expected, so much so that when we stopped at a police point I took the opportunity to go to the toilet in their back room, what a nice experience but one that had to be done as the road was very bumpy 😊
On our first night in the wilderness we took a sunset boat trip, with a hippy called Jenny, into the wetlands. Our guide was pretty cool and within the first 5 minutes we saw our first Caimen (croc). We were all very excited to see this big reptile and thought we were only going to see one on our trip - not so, we saw literally hundreds of these beasts within the next hour of whizzing around in our motor boat. We also saw some cool birds and capaybaras, which are the largest member of the rodent family. The sunset was
the icing on the cake and made for a memorable first night in Esteros del Iberia.
We stayed in a really sweet little house in a small town on the edge of the wetlands. We were lucky enough to eat each night in a restaurant that was actually someone's front room. Our cook was a lady called Silvia, a real gem - her and her family were so hospitable and the food and wine fantastic (and cheap - always a bonus) - especially the yummy empanadas that Nick became addicted to.
The next day we went horse riding "Gaucho style" around the area. Our guide was a little miserable - we weren't sure whether she was a girl or boy so maybe that explains the mood. She gave Sally a funny look when she started doing the rising trot - don't think it really is the done thing in Argentina 😊 Still we got to do some fast crazy canters which was a good laugh, especially watching Nick put all his effort into getting his horse to canter.
After another sumptuous evening meal we had a decent nights sleep. Our last morning was spent on a bush
walk through the jungle. We got to see more large rodents, some very cool howler monkies, birds and a very beautiful wild-looking domestic cat that looked like a mini leopard.
All in all we were very impressed with Esteros del Iberia, the small dusty town in the middle of nowhere has quite alot to offer and is well worth the diversion off the beaten track!
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