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Published: March 16th 2010
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Iguazzu
I love the spray coming off this one Just flying into Iguazu airport from Buenos Aires it was clear that this was going to be totally different from the rest of the trip so far. You fly over dense jungle and all the roads are covered in red soil and dust. From the plane you coud also just see the spray coming up from the waterfall. A small taste of things to come. Going down the steps onto the runway you could feel the humidity hit you.
Quick ride into town in a cab and then finding a hostel which was not easy witha back pack in that heat. Settled in, I had to work out how to best to see the falls. The hostel was near the bus station and I picked up a timetabe for buses to the falls and also started thinking about how best to move on, a constant feature of this trip, looking at buses to Salta in NW Argentina.
At the bus station by 8.00. to catch the 30min bus ride to the falls, set in in a big national park in the jungle. There are loads of little falls all over the pace amd some very big ones. they have names
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The Twoi Sisters from the Argentinian side like the Two Sisters but the biggest one is called the DevilĀ“s Throat. You can travel around the park by a small train, or you can walk. I did both, walking in the morning but getting the train in the afternoon as it was quite hot and tiring by then. There are several circuits to do which show off the falls in different ways. You can get quite close to them, often getting covered in spray. But this was quite welcome given the heat. With each corner you turned you came across amother waterfall, or the pool into which the water fell. The walk out across the rivers to the head of the Devils Throat takes about 10 minutes and yiu finaly come face to face with the falls. Really loud and really wet but derintely a sight worth seeing. Rather sunburnt, despite the cream, I left the Park.
Moved hostel, to a big modern one witha pool that night. Very nice.
Next day, the Brasilain side. The hostel organised a minibus to cross the border and see the falls from the Brasilian side. So I have a Brasilan stamp in my passport now. This way you get
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More water falls to see the falls from a distance, seeing the number and variety of falls. Again, quite spectacular views and each one better than the last as you make your way along the river bank.
Some animals and birds. Most in number were the coatis, racoon like creatures who scavenge off the tourists!
I have uploaded a few pictures. Even my pictures look good here as it is so easy to take good pictures.
There is not much else but the falls so no one stays very long at Iguazu. My plans were to take me to the north west so i could cross into Bolivia which meant an hour by plane, or a 23 hour bus ride. As I felt I had cheated so far by not doing one of the long distance bus journeys for which Argentina is famous, I decided to do the 23 hour bus ride.
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