Blogs from Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 3

Welcome back, readers! Sorry again for the long delay. Our hotel in Iguazú actually only has internet at reception, so we were nicely out of touch for quite some time. Anyway, as you should know, we are now in Puerto Iguazú, a town in the north of Argentina. Nearby is Iguazú National Park, where the widest (or second, depending) waterfalls in the world are. The Brazil-Argentina border splits them, so both sides get a lot of tourism. There's plenty to do in the park and a ton of different ways to get a good view. The big ones are the three walkways, and the park adventures, which cost extra but are apparently worth it. For today, Serena and I covered the walkways. Starting with the lower, which is about halfway up the falls, we got to ... read more

Yesterday we went on an open speed boat over rapids on the Iguazu and under huge waterfalls. Everyone else on the boat was at least thirty years younger than us. Some of them, far more intelligent than we are, brought spare clothes and towels with them and didn’t opt to sit on the very front seats as we did. We didn’t know that we were going to get soaked to the skin and then would have to stay like that, soggy clinging jeans, wet soggy shoes and socks, for the next four hours. We thought, “…well maybe a bit of spray, wear the cagoules, it’ll be OK”. It wasn’t spray, it was like a thousand buckets all at once. We were sitting in water, paddling in water, dripping in water, everyone screaming and laughing, it was ... read more

The alarm went off and I swear we could of pressed snooze.... It was a little before 0630 and bleary eyed, we made it to breakfast for 7am, having fruit, coffee and a toastie. We were leaving at 0730 today as it was a little bit further back across the border to Argentina. We met up with Karinas group again, and we had to go back to their hotel as one of the girls had forgotten her passport-luckily she realised before we'd gotten too far. This group were almost at the end of a 45 day trip around South America. They didn't really want to talk to us much, and had their little 'in' jokes. It was akin to going on a field trip with pupils from rival schools on the same bus where no one ... read more

wir verlassen brasilien für unseren letzten erlebnistag. wir fahren für den tag über die grenze nach argentinien, um die 80% der iguaçu fälle, die dort liegen, auch noch zu besichtigen. auf dem weg passieren wir auch das dreiländereck brasilien-argentinien-paraguai mit den wunderschön ineinander fließenden flüssen rio paraná und rio iguaçu. mit prachtvollem farbunterschied, milchig-braun und klar-grün. schön, auch mal wieder spanisch zu sprechen! der grenzübergang ist in der organisierten tour, die wir uns gegönnt haben, schnell erledigt und die argentinier schaffen es zum fünften! mal, ihren stempel auf eine unbefugte passseite (die für formelle einträge) zu platzieren! die nehmen sich schon sehr wichtig ;-). iguaçu heißt in der alten sprache “großes wasser” und es ist auch wirklich der breiteste wasserfall der welt mit 2.700m abbruchkante. nur 20% der fälle sind auf brasilianischer se... read more

After a series of cities and concrete jungles it was a welcome relief to discover some wilderness in the more rural destination of Iguazu (the Argentinian side). The Brandon-four stumbled off the bus after another disturbed sleep and some very questionable bus-food (which still today haunts the Welshman´s dreams) and teamed up with support act Scotty in their welcoming hostel, equip with a pool and ping-pong table - game on. An enthralling evening of mediocre table tennis precluded a healthy slumber - much needed, for unknown to the boys was the visual assault about to take place on their retinas. A short bus ride (anything less than 2 hours was considered short by now) and the Brandon Four +1 were dropped at Iguazu National Park. A seemingly unfair entry fee was paid for being gringo, and ... read more