Blogs from Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 2

Passei pouco tempo em Posadas, apenas duas noites. Fiquei por lá porque estava vindo de Puerto Iguazu sentido Encarnación, e só encontrei um albergue nessa cidade. Apesar de não ter achado muito o que fazer por lá, aproveitei bastante a sensação de estar numa pequena cidade no interior do país vizinho. 1º DIA(sexta, 15/01) Quando saímos de Puerto Iguazu o ônibus pegou a Ruta Nacional 12 e seguiu por ela por mais de 300 quilômetros. A estrada era um tapete, não pegamos engarrafamento algum e o único (ÚNICO) pedágio cobrava aproximadamente R$2,00 por veículo de passeio. Se você pensar no abuso de pedágios em São Paulo, isso é realmente incrível! Cheguei em Posadas às 17h, com o sol ainda extremamente forte, e fui caminhando pela Avenida Republica Oriental del Uruguay até o albergue. Foi uma caminhada ... read more

Walked to the bus terminal and left, uneventful bus ride, got to Resistencia just short of 7am, freaking cold!!! i planned on staying here but decided to just spend the half day checking out the sights then move on to Posadas. Went around to look for the left luggage at the terminal but could not find it, asked some helper dude and pointed me to a small booth next to the women's toilet, it was a ticket booth office doubling as luggage storage as well.Got out and loooke for the bus to town, 110, I asked the driver to let me off the center. then before i get off I asked hime to show me where to wait for a bus back to the terminal. Resistencia is famous for its Sculptures and at 25 de Mayo ... read more

I arrived very early in Posadas (by bus), so I went to town and sat on the esplanade along the river and watched the sun rise over Paraguay. Paraguay is just on the other side of the river (only 1km away). It is linked to Posadas, Argentina by a bridge. The sunrise was magnificant. Slowly, around 8am, the town began to awake, and people started to jog along the esplanade. It was Friday, and yet Posadas had a real holiday feel to it. It was very hot but nice and windy. There were many locals sitting around relaxing. Posadas doesn´t have much to offer in the way of tourism. Rather, it is an access point to the Jesuits Mission which I will see tomorrow. The Jesuit Missions were in Brazil, Paraguy, Argentina and 1 in Uruguay. ... read more

Today could have been our most daunting prospect of the trip however with the hotel sorted we could relax and enjoy the day in Posadas. After a leisurely breakfast we wander into the square where some old fella tells us about a little known "other" square where people sit and sip their Mate. Oh at this point I realise I haven't described what Mate is. Well basically it's a herbal concoction that everyone seems to drink not only in Argentina but Paraguay as well. Each person has a pot with the leaves in and a flask of hot water which is added throughout the day. The drink is drunk through a metal perforated straw and most important thing of all is that you can't get this in a restaurant. So either buy some yourself or hope ... read more

The River Parana touches the shores of Argentina, Paraguay and Brasil. The international bridge at Posadas spans the distance between Argentina and Paraguay. Shopping is said to be much cheaper on the Paraguayan side. Posadas on the Argentinian side is a stopping place before travelling the the final 316 km to Iguazu Falls. Arriving on the much delayed El Gran Capitan at 05:00 I took a chance and a taxi to THe Liberatador Hotel on San Lorenzo. Its comfy, clean, wellsituated, has a restaurant , WiFi, and a table and chairs in the room. All for 102 pesos. Slept late. Dressed for the airconditioned temperature. Had to come back and change once I reached street level. The river lies north and is depicted on the north side of the page. Walked to the square looking for ... read more