Blogs from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 14

Thursday. Up early again to catch the 7:30 a.m. bus to Foz do Iguacu, which our Chaco busmate Sondra (a young Dutch woman on her way to three months on a Brazilian dairy farm, after an advanced degree in soils science!) had put us on to. Good thing, too, because most of the buses go to the Argentina side and we didn’t want to be bothered with that. A six-hour trip rolling through southern Paraguay, so much greener than Chaco that it’s rather beautiful despite the obvious poverty here. With shades like PEI’s: rich red earth, green hills, blue skies. Villages strung along the route, chipa stands (we bought some, but never again found any like those at the station at Encarnacion), and towns, inevitably heralded and exited via roundabouts. All the way to Ciudad del ... read more

Taking a taxi that costs 15 reais we got dropped off at Charm Iguassu hostel, there was a room for us and so we booked a night a bit expensive, $45 for a double, we decided to splurge a bit. We wanted to see the England vs Andorra futbol match so we went out looking for a bar which we cant find, we did not get the directions right from the girl receptionist, we asked around and of course we got nothing, they speak Portuguese and between the 2 of us we got nothing! I spoke to them in Spanish and somehow got across, we found the bar about 5 blocks out from a supermarket, they were just setting up after all it is only 4pm, they accomodated us, we sat in the middle of the ... read more

Visited the Argentinian side a couple of days ago now just back from the Brazilian side of the Iguacu (Iguazu) Falls, not enough words to describe how awesome they are !!!!! couple of pics attached but they don't really show it either, it has to be seen to be believed. Weather yesterday and the day before was cloudy overcast and even rained a bit, but the days we were at the falls we had clear blue skies - somebody somewhere likes us :-) Brazil is different from Argentina - wealthier, more expensive, a bit more "sorted", that said the people, at least in this bit of the country, aren't as happy or lively as the Argentines we met. Today we're going to visit the Itaipu dam and maybe go into Paraguay for a few hours. Then ... read more

Here we go again. Another great time in this wondorous place. Well Iguassu is one of the most beautiful places on earth. The Falls are their main attraction obviously! The Falls are fantastic, especially the Argentinian side looking accross to Brazilian side. You can see the ferocity and massive volume of water ponding down from the Devils Throat into an oblivion of mist. Reminds me when Superman had to dive into the mist at Niagara to save someone. Anyway, we arrived at our hotel after a very long journey from Sao Paolo bus terminal. I think 15 hours overnight and that excluded the 5 hour trip from Pâraty to Sao Paolo. We were bolloxed. Didn´t know our arses from our elbows. On the same day of arrival we went to the Brazilizn side of the falls. ... read more

Arrived at the main coach station in Foz De Iguazu. Managed to find platforms for local buses but not entirely sure of when next bus would arrive and where to get off! Anyway, convinced Brim we didn't need a taxi and we could do it, so we boarded a bus into town. Brim had to help me with my bag over the turnstile as I got a tad stuck ! At the local bus station we both looked at each other as there were a number of platforms and again no clear signs. We spotted the tourist information and thankfully the assistant spoke sufficient English to inform us we needed to get a bus towards the airport but to get off at Remanso Grande and then take a free bus called Alimentandor to the hostel! We ... read more