Blogs from Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 55

We know there are hundreds of blogs on here from Foz de Iguazu - so one more wont make any difference !! Its actually been a while since we were there - there have been a few developments since then - but all the details will follow in other blogs. So onto Foz - well imagine Jurassic Park but without the dinosaurs - imagine rainforests - and the most beautiful waterfalls in the world - and you are only half way to imagining what Foz is like. A picture is worth a thousand words - in this case definitely. Enjoy. ... read more

No time to write-- more pics, charged by the minute!!!... read more

Tuesday 5th April : Arrive Foz do Iguacu, visit Brazil side of falls, transfer to Puerto Iguazu Arrived no probs, chap in tourist kiosk spoke the best American English so far , directed us to the bus for Terminal Urbana. Outside we were waved to a particular queue and paid for the next bus which arrived almost immediately. Got on, then off at the TU where I found a TIC. Established how to get to the Parque Nacional (fare included in what we’d already paid) and where we could leave our bags. Off to the park. Generaly impressive but no real sense of scale, but I’d already read it was beter from the Argentinian side. Took lots of photos( losing Sao Paolo photos in the process - kick, kick) then back on the bus to Foz. ... read more

They are our last stop in Brazil. The end of our Brazilian trip approached fast and felt like we kept a rapid and steady travel beat. Capao to Salvador, bus. Salvador to Belo Horizonte, plane. Skip a beat as our flight was delayed. Belo Horizonte to Rio, plane. Say goodbye to Maria Antonia, and the Serra and Pinheiro clans (who are some of the most delightful and generous people on the planet, and happily there will be more of them soon), walk. Rio to Foz de Iguazu, bus. We entered the Brazilian park first, and started the very well paved trail to the first of many look out points. Wow. Big waters (Iguazu is Guanari for big waters). Our entire line of sight is filled with white waterfalls tumbling over grey and lush cliffs, fighting for ... read more

hey all, we have hit the foz - foz do iguacu. we werent going to come here but its actually cheaper coming here than going straight to montevideo. but lucky we did! there are 275 waterfalls here and all would be taken aback at the size and sound it makes. it is beatiful here. only problem is its tourist mania here so you cant really get them to yourself... i like the guarani legend behind the falls so i´ll share it with you - the falls originated when a jealous forest god, enraged when a warrior escaping downriver by canoe with a young girl, caused the riverbed to collapse in front of the lovers. the girl fell and, at the falls base, turned into a rock. the warrior survived as a tree overlooking his fallen lover. ... read more