Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 21

Wow is the word for the Iguazu Falls - 275 waterfalls along over 2km of the Iguazu River with borders on Argentina, BRazil and Paraguay. Amazing especially the Garganta del Diablo one which is huge. The falls are bigger than Niagara falls. Stayed in a cool hostel which was more like a resort and had lovely few days. Huge pool and big gardens so perfect for chilling.... although that is all I seem to do these days! Next stop Brazil baby!... read more

After a nightmare bus journey from Rio to Puerto Iguazu (30 hrs with 2 unsheduled bus changes) we were in good spirits arriving to our hostel, the hostel inn. The hostel is fab, has its own pool and the bar stays open 24hrs although on the first night I was too shattered to have anything more than a 7up! Very like me I know! The next day we decided to take it easy and slept in, then took a cab to the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu falls. It was amazing. There are 275 falls along 2.7 kilometres (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River and some of the falls are up 82 meters in height. Having seen the falls from the Brazilian side we spent Sunday on the Argentinian side where there was a bit more ... read more

You would believe that most travelers are gone in February because the peak of the high season is passed. But this is counting without the Argentinians who are on vacation at that time of the year and do travel in their country, and as a matter of fact, the majority travel mostly only in their country right now due to the economic situation they are facing & their money not allowing them to travel abroad, not even to the neighboring countries of Chile and Brazil. I had met a lot of Argentinian travelers after about two weeks of traveling by myself, which I really enjoyed and allowed me to polish my Spanish. Nevertheless, coming out of the blue, like it always does... I got this feeling that was waiting for me at the crossroads, and it ... read more

Starting to feel more like the heat of the tropics now as we are at the north tip of Argentina and have finally reached one of the high points of the trip - Iguazu Falls. In the last episode, we had just arrived in Mercedes and spent the night in a hostel room which had been converted from what would usually function as the bar (most of the bottles were empty so the idea of a Contreu nightcap had to be abandoned). We ended up paying for a package for the national park which included 2 nights accomodation, breakfast, 2 hour walk, 2 hour boat trip and horseriding. We went on a mini bus which took 3 hours along a red dust dirt road. We met Luisa, a Swiss girl who had also bought the same ... read more

Hej wszystkim! Najwazniejsza wiadomosc PIWO W ARGENTYNIE JEST LEPSZE! Dwa dni temu czyli w poniedzialek przekroczylismy granice Argentynska. Na razie jeszcze jestesmy przy wodospadach, mamy dzien odpoczynku i leniuchowania. No i nadal zastanawiamy sie gdzie jechac dalej. Ale juz na 100% jutro rano jedziemy gdzies dalej, bo w tej miescince zabardzo nie ma co robic. Jezeli chodzi o same wodospady to musze pzryznac ze jestem pod wielkim wrazeniem. Bylismy je ogladac z brazylijskiej i z argentynskiej strony. Po stronie argentysnskeij lezy 80% wodospadow, i mozna je ogladac z bliska. Sa porobione rozne mostki i przejscia takze widoki sa niezle. Wodospady te nie sa najwyzsze w ameryce poludniowej ( choc spokojnie niektore maja 40-50m) ale najbardziej rozlegle. W niektorych miejscach stoi sie nad sama gardziela, gdzie tysiace ton wody przeplywa na sekunde. Niesamowite! postaram sie przeslac ... read more