Blogs from Misiones, Argentina, South America - page 5

Day 15 (06 March) to Day 19 (10 March) So leaving Buenos Aires, after watching a Tango show, eating steak and exploring the neighbourhoods, its not time to experience a long bus journey, I was advised to travel "Cama", so here goes. The bus journey up to Iguazu was very comfortable, my chair reclined the whole way back, it was like being in 1st class on an aeroplane. The snacks were strange but properly that's just me, (ham and cheese flavour cookies and pizza flavour ones). The main meal was alright (rice and chicken) the sides were again not to my taste but the fella sitting beside me was very excited when he saw I wasn't going to eat my desert pastry cake thing, so even though we didn't have a language in common, (I think ... read more

We took a taxi from our hotel in Brazil to the Parque Nacional Iguazu in Argentina. The drive was about 45 minutes so it was not a cheap ride. We should have rented a car. We had to cross the border into Argentina but that did not take long. You need to be sure and have your passport with you and your proof of payment of the resiprosity fee. Our next mistake was we assumed since we paid by credit card in Brazil we would be able to pay by credit card in Argentina. NO - they accept cash only and we did not have enough cash. We went to the ATM machine but it was not working. I asked at the window if they would take Brazilian money and they said yes but only as ... read more

wir verlassen brasilien für unseren letzten erlebnistag. wir fahren für den tag über die grenze nach argentinien, um die 80% der iguaçu fälle, die dort liegen, auch noch zu besichtigen. auf dem weg passieren wir auch das dreiländereck brasilien-argentinien-paraguai mit den wunderschön ineinander fließenden flüssen rio paraná und rio iguaçu. mit prachtvollem farbunterschied, milchig-braun und klar-grün. schön, auch mal wieder spanisch zu sprechen! der grenzübergang ist in der organisierten tour, die wir uns gegönnt haben, schnell erledigt und die argentinier schaffen es zum fünften! mal, ihren stempel auf eine unbefugte passseite (die für formelle einträge) zu platzieren! die nehmen sich schon sehr wichtig ;-). iguaçu heißt in der alten sprache “großes wasser” und es ist auch wirklich der breiteste wasserfall der welt mit 2.700m abbruchkante. nur 20% der fälle sind auf brasilianischer se... read more

After a series of cities and concrete jungles it was a welcome relief to discover some wilderness in the more rural destination of Iguazu (the Argentinian side). The Brandon-four stumbled off the bus after another disturbed sleep and some very questionable bus-food (which still today haunts the Welshman´s dreams) and teamed up with support act Scotty in their welcoming hostel, equip with a pool and ping-pong table - game on. An enthralling evening of mediocre table tennis precluded a healthy slumber - much needed, for unknown to the boys was the visual assault about to take place on their retinas. A short bus ride (anything less than 2 hours was considered short by now) and the Brandon Four +1 were dropped at Iguazu National Park. A seemingly unfair entry fee was paid for being gringo, and ... read more

Hola Amigos! In the far northeast corner of an odd finger-like part of Argentina is a series of pretty cascades! We based ourselves in a nice hotel in the hot and humid border town of Puerto Iguazu as we explored the amazing sites in the area... The rainforest setting was beautiful and the wildlife was great, but the spectacular Iguazu Falls stole the show! Iguazu Falls are one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. Wow! The mighty Rio Iguazu abruptly plummets over 80 metres in a series of colossal cascades that stretch about 3 kilometres across! The sight of these falls is mind-blowing! The sound of billions of gallons of water smashing to the river below in a lush green jungle setting with chirping birds and frolicking mammals... We spent two full days in ... read more