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Took the overnight bus from Buenos Aires to Iguazu, really needed to leave the Milhouse I was turning nocturnal. Time for a few days of it and some proper sightseeing. But to my luck I sat next to Kath & Kate from London and Manchester who had conviently bought a bottle of wine (who takes wine on a bus trip!?!) with the complementary champagne & wine (yes it a flashy bus) the journey was a blast. One thing about booking your bus ticket late in South America it means you get to be toilet monitor for the journey! 15 hours later I arrive in Iguazu, its hot damn hot. I´m staying at the Hostel-Inn Iguazu, it has a massive pool, gardens, football pitch and feels more like a country hotel than hostel. On the downside the ... read more
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park December 27th 2005

Starting off from Buenos Aires this morning at 5:30 am, we did the check out, hailed a taxi, and the next thing we knew was that we were at the Aeropuerto Jorge Newbery, a thirty minute ride from our hostel. Surprisingly, there were tons of people that early to catch early flights. Our 7:30 flight with Aerolineas Argentinas went smoothly, and two hours later, we touched down in the heart of the continent, in the Iguazu region that borders Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. Puerto Iguazú in the Argentine side of the falls is a sleepy little town, with only 20,000 residents, contrast the Foz do Iguaçu with 250,000 people at the Brazilian side. We decided to check into a hotel in Pto Iguazú, not knowing what is good or bad. At least we know that the ... read more
Part of the Iguazu Falls in Argentina
Platform to the Devil's Throat
Iguazu Falls Argentine

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park December 26th 2005

After xmas we crossed the boarder into argentina, back to spanish again. hurray! off to see the falls again from the argentina side. we got much closer and wetter.... read more

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park December 23rd 2005

One of the great debates of the planet, especially of people travelling around South America is ... 'which side to see first?'. I was worried before I got here, that I might see it from the wrong side first and spoil my experience. After listening to many discussions - crossing many language barriers, we decided to leave it to fate. Fate told us that as the buses to our next destination were booking fast and they had a space only on the 23rd we would do the adventurous day when we had a bed to sleep in, rather than a bus! After seeing both sides, my advice to anyone coming here would be to quit worrying about it, just as long as you see both sides, toss a coin, throw a dice.. but just GO and ... read more
closer look
closer  still
from the island in the middle

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park December 5th 2005

OK, I'll revise the previous opinion...yes, its pretty speccy...justifiably one of the 700 natural wonders of the world..the Cataratas of Iguacu!..They have it in 5th place, just above Niagra, on the list of the World's top waterfalls sign in the park....but they don't mention Salto Angel which we know is the highest...?..and on this side (the Argy side)they have miles and miles of steel walkways..all very cool and surprisingly unobtrusive...that is if you can build anything in a tropical rainforestpristine bushland without being a tad intrusive...so you wander all around and get fantastic views of the falls...and the falls go on and on and on...At the special viewing spot for this really big part called Throat of the Devil...theres a largish older woman at the rail...she's hacking and coughing like about to cark it...going on and ... read more
Bike cam
Bike cam
Iguacu

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park December 1st 2005

WOW! WOW! WOW! pretty much sums up Iguazu Falls. Iguazu; I=water, guazu=big, is a fair enough name, these falls are huge! The height is around 74m max on them but the length and volume of water!!! Over 2.47 km, there are 275 waterfalls, pushing out 1750 cu/m per sec of water or during the rainy season 12750 cu/m/sec. So pretty much everywhere you look there are falls gushing out alot of water. The falls are on the border of Argentina & Brazil (Paraguay is also up there but no falls) and we saw them over 2 days on both sides. The first side we saw them from was of course Argentina. We got the overnight bus up from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu. And god what a bus ride!!! It was just under 15 hrs ( ... read more
Us at the falls
Toucan
Devils Throat

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park November 19th 2005

See some movies associated with this blog, 1st part See some movies associated with this blog, 2nd part We arrived in Foz de Iguazu on Saturday, after a very tiring journey. We´d booked a 24 hour coach for the journey from Rio to Iguazu, which actually took 26.5 hours to arrive. On top of that we had an hour long bus connection from Copacabana to the coach station, which we were told would only take 30 minutes. This meant we arrived at the coach station with 2 whole minutes to spare (N.B. never seen Mark so stressed!! he hates being late...). On top of that, when we arrived at Foz De Iguazu we struggled to get accomodation in the safer areas (i.e. there seemed to be no safe areas) so we headed for the Argentinian side ... read more
First close up view from the boat / primer avistamiento desde la barca [ARGENTINA]
The Three Musketeers / Los Tres Mosqueteros
This is cool, man (Bossetti Fall) / Como mola esto (Salto Bossetti) [ARGENTINA]

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú November 8th 2005

I´m sitting in an internet cafe on Avenida Tres Fronteras, so called since it leads down towards the confluence of two rivers that mark the borders between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We´re here to see the amazing Iguazu waterfalls. Maybe it´s just my geographical ignorance but I have to admit that before planning my trip to Argentina, I´d never heard of them. The truth is that they are absolutely breathtaking and I would highly recommend them to anyone. Alison´s visited Angel Falls in Venezuela (tallest in South America or world?) and she found Iguazu more impressive. I guess you´ll see the sheer size of them from the photos... We saw them from both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides, which meant that we hopped over to Brazil just for the day. Excellent! Was fun trying to guess ... read more
Alison, Vanessa and Me at falls
Part of falls on Argentine side
Wild guinea pig at falls

South America » Argentina » Misiones » San Ignacio November 4th 2005

Well, that´s how Vanessa has described the village we´re in at the moment! It´s definitely a one horse town but we´re here to see the Jesuit Mission ruins, which are beautiful but also a little eerie. The area of the ruins is no longer used and it almost seems as though the village´s 21st Century population is living in worse accommodation than the converts would have had in the 16th Century. Very strange. Apparently the Jesuits (and their civilised ways) were ousted by the Spanish crown when the ´Misiones´became too successful. Before arriving here, we visited the Esteros del Ibera - a national wetlands reserve, where we saw wonderful capybara, deer, crocodiles, kingfishers, woodpeckers and thousands of mosquitoes! The locals incorrectly informed us that the mosquitoes there didn´t bite; fortunately I didn´t believe them but despite ... read more
Intricate carvings at the ruins
Alison and Vanessa at the ruins
Capybara

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park November 4th 2005

The Iguazu Falls were breath-taking. They are the widest waterfalls in the world and are truly beautiful. Our first day was spent on the Argentinian side, where we walked under the falls and then over them, getting soaked from the spray in some places. In the afternoon we took a truck ride through the jungle (nothing compared to the Amazon) and then went on a jet boat ride into the falls. As if we didn't get wet enough from the driver spinning the boat around, we then went very close to the cascades and got drenched- it was great fun! Day two at the falls was spent on the Brazilian side. Although it was not as much fun, the view was more spectacular as the majority of the falls are on the Argentinian side and therefore ... read more
Loco Gringos!
Jet boat ride
Cheese-tastic!




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