Blogs from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 29

"The captain would like to inform all passengers that the Iguazu falls can be seen from the right hand side of the aircraft. Passengers seated at the left side of the aircraft may proceed to view the falls but please return to your seat right after you have seen the falls." That is the thing about the Argentineans, always so passionate about the things they do. The captain was obviously very passionate about navigating and making his passengers happy. The falls could be spotted before the plane approached the Iguazu Airport. But I could not be sure that this was the falls until the lead stewardess of Aerolíneas Argentinas made the announcement. At sunset and from an aerial view, the Iguazu falls seemed like layers and layers of bright gold curtains, with the water at ... read more

We embraced the traveller spirit and made a spur of the moment decision to go to Iguazu falls with Lucy and Darren for a few nights as they started their travels. Headed to some Jesuit ruins on the way in a diserted town called San Ignacio. Iguazu falls is ridiculously amazing. Saw it from the Brazil side (had to get the stamp in the passport on our mission to collect the most stamps ever) and then the Argentina side where you can go right under the falls in a spead boat. Amazing. ... read more

Iguazu Falls are on the border of Argentina and Brazil, so we started on the Argentinian side having heard they were by far the better set out with the better views. They are a tiny part of a much bigger jungle reserve but probably the most famous attraction here. There are 275 falls over a 2.5km frontage with the most spectacular being the Devils Throat. We caught the train there first thing in the morning and were able to walk along the walkways pretty much right up to it. We got a right soaking from the spray, but got to see the swifts flying around the falls which was cool as there must´ve been hundreds of them. The only thing we can say about them is they're absolutely beautiful. The set out of the Argentinian side ... read more

Home to IguazuAv & Suzz After a pretty late night in Paraty, it´s a fairly early start to catch the local bus to Sâo Paulo, which takes about 6 hours. Here we have about 2 hours reprieve before the night bus to the town of Iguazu, which takes a whopping 12 hours! The bus isn´t too bad as it has reclining seats and there is a footrest that you pull out from the seat in front to rest your feet and legs on. However it´s still a bit cramped so we don´t get a great deal of sleep. We also stop every 3-4 hours at bizarre little service places along the way so people can use proper toilets and get a bite to eat and then at about 1am the air conditioning system breaks when we´re ... read more

Hmm....well I hit my first drab spot in South America - Sao Paulo - didnt want to go there in the first place and didnt like it when i got there!! As the old saying goes..the best thing about it was the road out of it!! It was just a big concrete jungle with most houses barred up in case of theft!The funniest thing here was some fat guy on the tube trying to warn us of old horny brazilian men...to keep away from them....think he was the one with the problem hee!! Anyway...enough of that place....here is one pic for yáll... read more