Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 19

It was finally nice to touch-down after 3 days of traveling. I can´t say I was a happy bunny though.....having come from Ecuador´s sunny smile to arrive in Argentina´s winter I started to feel climate-related depression....& I think it reminded me of the days to come (& look forward to!?) at home!! I´ve been so lucky on my travels because I´ve had sunshine for most of the journey.....so finishing off my last 2 weeks in winter was a tough come-back to reality. I stayed in a hostel in Iguazu that comes highly recommended by lots of travelers. It´s a massive place about 5km outside Puerto Iguazu. It once was a casino but now it has been converted & has all the amenities that you might need.......with a big pool, restaurant, internet & laundry so there is ... read more

Hello again! :o) OK.... now for the Argentinien side! We arrived at our hostel in Argentina at midday on Thursday! It was still pouring with rain and the weather forecast looked better for Friday so we decided to postpone doing the waterfalls until then! The hostel was absolutely massive (240 beds!!) which was cool so there was lots to do and there were cheap dinner buffets every evening which was also really handy as the hostel was quite far away from town and we also didnt want to go out in the pouring rain again! While waiting to check in we met a really nice Scottish guy who was travelling on his own so we chatted to him for a while before heading into town to get cash! When we got back and checked into our ... read more

Nicky I think after four months away we are starting to get used to long journeys on public transport. Our 20 hour bus ride from Cordoba to Puerto Iguazu was relatively painless and was a great way to see the countryside changing. When we left Cordoba it was lots of cities and towns, by the time we woke in the morning it was rolling farmland full of cows and cowboys on horseback and by the time we arrived in P I the scenery was thick rainforests. I hope what I am about to say does not sound like we are getting blaise about the amazing things that we are seeing while we are away but we saw a lot of waterfalls in Australia and New Zealand, all of them were beautiful, and I was expecting the ... read more

Day 222 - Tuesday 29 April My bus arrived in Puerto Iguazu early afternoon and even though its only a small town, I´ve decided to pay an extra 50p and stay somewhere close to the bus station thats had good reviews. After BA I don't want to do myself over agin just to save 50p a day. With it only being half an hour to kick off in the Man Utd v Barcelona champions league semi-final I quickly rushed out to find somewhere showing it. It actually turned out quite difficult as its only a small town and most of the bars and resturants weren't open yet. Finally with 5 mins to spare I found somewhere. It seems like other people were having the same problem too as people kept running in every few minutes. In ... read more

Vel fremme i byen etter den faele bussturen gikk for aa booke en ny busstur til Rio de janeiro to dager senere:) Denne turen skulle ta 23 timer (og bare det haapet vi:) Vi fikk saa innlosjert oss for natten og det ble en rolig kveld. Neste dag skulle vi til de beromte iguazu Falls som blir betegnet som verdens mest spektakulaere vannfall. Det er over 300 vannfall og det storste strekker seg over 700m i bredden og 40 - 80 m i hoyden. Vi hadde booket en biltur gjennom jungelen og en baattur som tok deg naermere vannfallene. Etter ankomst tok vi et lite tog ut til utkikkspunktet. Deretter gikk vi ut paa smaa plattformer til vi kom helt ut paa kanten. Man blir veldig vaat av aa staa saa naerme fossen, saa det anbefales ... read more