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South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park December 9th 2007

We caught an overnight bus from Florianopolis to Foz do Iguaçu in the interior of Brazil to go to Iguaçu National Park and to meet with our friend Kristine who flew down from Canada to meet us for the last three weeks of our trip. It was amazingly hot in Foz, maybe around 40 plus degrees which was a big adjustment for us after coming from the coast and the ocean breeze. However, it was exciting to see Kristine and the waterfalls in the National Park were absolutely amazing. The cataracts, what they call the waterfalls in portugese, were huge and multi-leveled. They also extended across a huge area, into Argentina, so we crossed the border to spend one night on the Argentinian side. When we went to see the falls from the Argentinian side we ... read more

Iguazu Falls

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park November 14th 2007

hangin out

minfin

The Iguazu Falls are something else! They are insanely beautiful and overwhelming. If you don´t believe in God or some higher power in the universe, go see these falls and tell me then!! They are 7 miles long and 230 feet tall. So powerful!! I also went abseiling for my first time! I was SO SCARED! I kept telling myself to relax so I could enjoy this. But really I was thinking, "what the fuck am I doing!! I paid for this!? Am I truly crazy?!" I was so tense my muscles ached :) I was planning on hang gliding later on my trip, now I'm thinking, maybe not. It was great to stay in the middle of the jungle and see some wildlife (mainly butterflies). There was a great pool and more capirinhas! Ah....culture! P.S. ... read more

Iguazu

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park November 7th 2007

the first view of iguazu (brazil)

ian jason simon

wow wow wow hard to describe the falls so look at the pics...wow....we did a power boat trip under the falls wowow........ read more

DAY 28

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park July 30th 2007

Waiting for a cab

Shabs

Today the plan is to catch a cab and cross the border. After a leisurely breakfast, shower and change of clothes, we pack up and ask the front desk to organise a cab for us. 30mins later no cab had arrived!! The lady at the front desk tells us that her husband is crossing the border for business and will drop us off at our hostel. We finally get into the car and cross the last border to brazil, we are dropped off at our hostel, there is some dispute over the price of the ride, we negitiate and pay him what we think the right price should be. We head of to town to find some lunch - shwama's for lunch (hmmmmm, very delicious), spend the rest of the day exploring the town. So much ... read more

Brief history of Brazil

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t...more history

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