Blogs from Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 8

Take a twenty hour bus overnight from Buenos Aires, and you will end up in Puerto Iguazu, a town built for the sole purpose of being close to the magnificent Iguazu falls. A twenty hour bus may sound fairly hellish, however it was possibly the comfiest coach I have ever taken. We opted for the 'cama' class, so the chair becomes fairly horizontal, similar to what I'd imagine business class on an airplane is like. The bus never stopped, and we were served a snack, dinner (which included red wine and a glass of champagne), and breakfast! Not a bad ride at all! However.... The star of this blog is without a doubt Iguazu falls, an incredible natural wonder, so vast and powerful, it is hard to find the words to do it justice. We spent ... read more

Retrospective blog #2 I went to the Iguazú Falls back in December 09 when my Dad and his wife came to visit me... but I never got round to blogging about it. To be fair, even if I had blogged about it straight away, there wouldn't have been much I could say about it... the scenery is stunning, and it's a place where pictures speak louder than words... (and even then pictures struggle to capture the true beauty of the place). We flew up for a long weekend as I was still teaching and couldn't get any time off. Alex, my then next-door neighbour who is also a travel agent, arranged the excursions for us, ensuring that we would see both sides of the falls (the Brazilian and the Argentinian). The weather when we arrived in ... read more

"The Antlers - Two" "The Arcade Fire - Haiti" Andrew had left for Chile and Alicia arrived from Canada. I had spent the better part of a month in Buenos Aires and it was time to leave! Alicia had two weeks to explore as much as possible. So we needed to travel fast! This would prove to be a challenge for me, I don't travel fast. I have adopted the South American Backpacking life style with lots of sleep, lots of food and more sleep! BUT I needed to be more efficient for the next two weeks. We stayed two nights Buenos Aires before heading north to Iguazu. With Alicia, I finally enjoyed my first Tango show and dinner. It was pretty cool, and holly cow can they dance. What a sexy dance! Those guys are ... read more

Começar um texto pelo vôo é um péssimo sinal, mas foi assim que a história teve início. O caminho para o aeroporto foi tranquilo e sem trânsito, apesar de falarmos da véspera de um feriado prolongado pelas ruas de São Paulo. Não havia ninguém na fila do check-in (ninguém significando nenhuma pessoa). Tudo muito redondindo, dando certo, o que para os mais pessimistas pode significar que algo agourento está por vir. Pois é. Na hora do embarque, fomos os últimos a entrar no avião. Nossos assentos, já tomados. Se não houvesse ninguém ocupando nossas vagas, sentaríamos, afivelaríamos os cintos e chegaríamos, algumas horas depois, a Fortaleza. Nada de errado, não fosse nosso destino Foz do Iguaçú... Corremos para o avião correto e iniciamos a tranquila viagem rumo às cataratas. Por uma hora, tudo certo. Daí pra ... read more

Day 70-71 After a night bus we arrive in Puerto Iguazu at 8am, find our hostel ‘Si Mi Capitan’ and are told we can’t check in till 3pm - luckily we are able to have a shower before we head off to the falls. The book says that there is a lot of wildlife (snakes, spiders, pumas) in the surrounding forest and feeling slightly nervous we set off on a walk to see our first views of the falls from the lower walkways. Almost immediately we see two racoon-like creatures, and stop to take their picture (we later see a woman feeding one a crisp and it nearly takes her hand off, so they are not as friendly as they look). We also see loads of beautiful butterflies from bright blue (and the size of small ... read more