Blogs from Iguaçu Falls, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 4

Šiandien ilgai laukta diena, pagaliau pamatysiu Iguasu krioklius. Juos pamatyti galima iš Argentinos ir iš Brazilijoj pusės, bet esu girdėjęs, kad iš Argentinos pusės įdomiau. Nuvažiuoju iki centrinės stoties, ten persėdu į autobusą kuris važiuoja į Argentinos pusėje esantį Porto Iguasu miestą. Iš ten iki krioklių apie 20 km. Autobusas privažiuoja pasienio postą, vairuotojas paklausia kam reikia antspaudų pase (manau, kad vietiniams nebūtina). Išlipu aš ir du vokiečiai, vairuotojas duoda po lapelį ir liepia palaukti kito autobuso. Gaunam antspaudus, kad išvažiavom iš Brazilijos. Sulaukę autobuso važiuojam iki Argentinos posto. Čia jau visi turi gautu antspaudus, tad autobusas laukia. Aš greitai dar nubėgu pasikeisti pinigų, kadangi nežinau ar Argentinoje galima atsiskaitinėti kita valiuta ar kortele. Keitimas užtrunka ilgiau nei tikėjausi ir autobusas išvažiuoja be manęs. Galvoju laukdam... read more

Of course we were excited. We always are when we reach any world famous site. Iguacu Falls being one of the examples. We said that before – we don’t like touristy places but they are famous for a reason. Their beauty usually exceeds the negative impact of being part of a crowd. We came in a low season, rainy weather being a norm at this time of a year. We waited few more days in Curitiba before coming to Foz to be able to take advantage of better weather. When we checked in to our hostel (Favela Chic Hostel – really great place, recommended) we were told that weather had been bad for a week or so. We crossed our fingers and hoped for the best;-) Actually within last 13 months we were pretty lucky with ... read more

On landing in Iguazu, the plane load of passengers applauded! We were not sure if we had missed something during the flight or it was an omen of things to come, of course, it was neither. Our last three days have been spent viewing the spectacular Iguazu Fallls from both the Brazilian and Argentinian sides, as the border between these two countries lies somewhere in the middle of the falls. A helicopter ride, Sue's first, gave us a sense of the immensity of the falls. The Igauzu River, 1000km long with 62 tribuataries, flows unusually from high lands the near the sea on the eastern side of Brazil, west, and not from the Andes Mountains. Arriving here at Iguazu, an enormous volume of water casacades (a far too gentle word when you see the volume and ... read more

Today was the last day in Brazil for Betty and Judy. We were welcomed awake with nonstop rain. It had rained almost all night and all day. We did have one last excursion planned before our 3PM flight. Lillian and our driver picked us up around 10AM to go see the world’s largest dam, Itaipu Dam. It was about 30 min away. We started with a short video on the construction of the dam and history of the area. They did tend to leave out the information on how they misplaced the natives when they created the lake and how a waterfall bigger and greater than Iguazu is no longer there, but still informative. We then got on an open-air double decker bus to go see the actual dam. When it is sunny and not raining ... read more

We´ve planned a few times to make this trip... and finnaly here we are! Iguassu Falls with grandma, aunt, mom n daddy: good fun :)... read more