Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 18

Well, we made it to beautiful Iguazu Falls, and after 2 days of touring it, we're beat and ready to go back to Buenos Aires. What an amazing trip though! I read so much about the falls before coming, from fellow bloggers and all, and no matter how people describe them, nothing compares to seeing it for yourself. There were many highlights to our 1.5 days at the Iguazu National Park, but the best was the fact that there were literally a million different angles to view the various falls and each view was breathtaking. We were lucky to hit really good weather...in the 60s and 70s. For winter here in the Southern Hemisphere, that's unusual, but we'll take it! It was cloudy, but the sun was breaking thru at various parts of the day. Shel ... read more

The flight back to Buenos Aires was quick and painless and I was quite delighted to be reuniting with friends at my ´other´ home (aka Pangea Hostel). I arrived at 8pm and was greeted with a huge warm welcome that made me feel like I was home again. Yay! Back in Buenos Aires after over 1 month of cruising around dreamy Patagonia. Right away I met back up with my British friend Rosie and we set out for a late vegetarian buffet that was delicious. The next morning was a Sunday which is the big day for San Telmo in Buenos Aires. I have been there before but decided to hit it again since it is such a cool place to be. Again, I was highly entertained with a beautiful cultural experience....one that should not be ... read more

Ross: Argentina! We caught a 23-hour Kaiowa bus from Rio to Foz do Iguacu (Brazil) on Saturday which put National Express to shame (though our seat allocation next to the toilet was a bit stinky). Almost fully-reclining seats meant we got a relatively good amount of sleep on the journey. After a few pick-ups on the way to Sao Paulo the rest of the journey through rural Brazil consisted of large-scale agriculture on rolling plains. A few short stops at service stations helped to break up the journey. Arrived in Foz do Iguacu yesterday (Sunday) and hopped on a local bus to the urban bus station with a German girl called Julia. A second bus from the bus station took us to the Brazilian border control where we had to obtain exit stamps in our passports. ... read more

Dag 19. Jane er storfornoyd - har sovet hele natten (hadde doren paa glott til det andre rommet for aa faa inn litt varme, og ut mugglukt!), og Eirik sov helt til 9:40. Rekord! Frokostserveringen var ferdig kl 10, saa den rakk vi ikke. Vi gikk derfor til et supermarked og kjopte oss ferske rundstykker, ost, skinke og flotte tomater. Saa bar det tilbake til hostellet for aa nyte en god frokost (fellesrommet). Samtidig, og etter frokosten skrev vi mer i dagboken og lastet opp bilder til bloggen. Nettverket er ganske ustabilt, og vi har funnet ut at det er midt paa dagen det er best signal. Den eneste serverdigheten i Iguazu utenom vannfallene er "3-riksroysen" mellom Argentina, Brasil og Paraguay. Den var ca 30 minutters gange fra hostellet, og vi gikk dit paa formiddagen. Den ... read more

We took an overnight bus from Curitiba to Foz do Iguazu which is the town on the Brazilian side of the falls and from there hopped straight on a bus to take us over the border to Puerto Iguazu on the Argentinian side. We´d decided to go straight to the Argentinian side as we´d been told it was much better. It felt strange having completed our first country, but exciting to go on to the next. We were sad to leave Brazil, we could have easily spent a year there exploring the never ending and stunning coast line, drinking caiprinhas and making friends with the locals. An awesome country we´d definitely return to. We were pretty tired when we finally got to our hostel, it had been a bit of a sleepless night. We had chosen ... read more