Blogs from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 6

27 oktober ‘11 Vandaag zijn we op eigen houtje op verkenning gegaan in Iguazu. De hosteleigenaar had voor ons een route uitgestippeld om zo langs onder andere het drielandenpunt (Argentinië, Brazilië en paraguay) te wandelen. Het werd een leuke wandeling langs de rivier. Onderweg zagen we nog vele vlinders en hagedisjes. We kwamen ook langs een zeer mooi hotel (“The panoramic hotel”). We hebben een paar uurtjes goed doorgewandeld, en tegen de middag zijn we dan naar een lokaal marktje gegaan om de ingrediënten van ons middagmaal te kopen. Het marktje had veel charme, maar de mensen die de kraampjes uitbaatte iets minder. Het was een hele opgave voor die mensen om nog maar enkele schelletjes kaas af te snijden. Het leek wel of ze alles tegen hun goesting deden. Bon, uiteindelijk hadden we toch maar ... read more

Rob Writes: We weren’t quite at Argentina yet, we still had to visit the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu Falls. After the 21 hours on a bus the plan was to head to the hostel where we would leave our bags and head to the falls. Only problem was, we didn’t actually know where the hostel was. Fortunately there was a McDonalds nearby where we could fire up the net-book and take advantage of the free wifi. It also turned out we took advantage of the new boy serving us who gave us two free burgers. I was due to pay R$9 for my burgers, gave the boy R$100 note and he gave me R$101 change! Obviously I never noticed his mistake until it was way too late to go back do the honest thing. Shame. ... read more

Iguazu After an epic 26 hour bus trip from Salta we arrived in a very wet Puerto Iguazu. We stayed in a French lady’s hotel (Los Trangueros) which was excellent, as was the home cooked food she made for us and to top it all off they had a lovely dog called Tango. Iguazu falls were truly spectacular. They are surrounded by rainforest so a trip there also has the benefit of some animal encounters for good measure. The pictures of Iguazu should speak for themselves so without further ado here they are…… ... read more

Hi all After arriving in Resistencia, we spent our time relaxing and made use of the nice hotel as we weren’t sure what accommodation was ahead. After a few days of relaxation we were ready for our last long distance bus journey to Puerto Iguaçu (Argentina), we took the bus at 0700 and arrived in Puerto Iguaçu at 1700! Although the bus was comfortable as usual. When we arrived we had to work out how we were going to get to our final destination of foz do Iguassu (Brazil)! We decided on a taxi which stopped at both border points, jumped the queue and only cost fifteen quid! Well worth it. We then arrived at our hostel, which was lively (but not too much). It even had a pool, pool table, bar and a playstation 3! ... read more

The anticipation to see family had been building up for weeks, so when I finally saw my sister, it was definitely one of the happiest moments of my trip. It was also nice to get to see her on her 30th Birthday! I was a little afraid she was not going to make it as she has missed her first flight, but she was able to get on another flight, and arrived only 3 hours later than expected. The second best part of staying with my sister is that she is not really a hostel person...so we got a hotel room which was really nice. They had clean bathrooms (with no cracks in the wall), breakfast delivered to our room, a television, heating....now this is what I call living the life! Although we only arrived into ... read more