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Published: October 4th 2006
Right now I´m in Salta in the north-west of Argentina but I´d better fill you in on Iguazu first (as you can imagine, updating the travelblog isn´t topping the priority list at the moment).
The bus ride from Buenos Aires was an interesting experience as we had anticipated Our seats resembled lazyboy recliners and were reasonably comfortable to travel in (much better then the plane, except of course the plane would have got us their in 3hrs but at 5 times the price). On the bus we were served dinner and breakfast and were shown numerous movies throughout the ride. The countryside scenery was interesting as it had some similarities to New Zealand but the most obvious differences were that there were no big trees with thick trunks, only skinny tall trees and the earth has a red tinge to it. I didn´t actually end up seeing too much since it was an overnight bus. 15 hours later, we arrived in Puerto Iguazu.
Puerto Iguazu was a charming rural town that had a calmness to it that we had missed in Buenos Aires. The first thing we noticed was the heat. We arrived at around 10.30am and the temperature
Iguazu Falls
Garganta del Diablo in the background, Brazil to the left, Argentina to the rightmust have been around 30degrees. One of the harder things to deal with in the town was the kids that would constantly ask you for money. We´ve been told that we should not give kids money as apparently there rings around South America were the kids are working for adults (we´ve been told in Brazil theres a TV commercial on breaking the cycle). So now we´re carrying around lollies with us, or we will offer to buy some of them something to eat. It doesn´t seem fair that we are so much better off in life because of the simple fact that we were born in New Zealand, so we will try to do something small for a few kids.
The falls themselves are located about 20mins away and we got there early to get in some sights before the big tour groups arrived. The falls are absolutely breath taking. We were actually there during a dry period so I cant even imagine what their like at full capacity. Within the park there a heaps of different falls but the real prize winner is Garganta del Diablo (the throat of the Devil) which was absolutely incredible, the sheer power
Iguazu Falls
Andrew checking out the local rodent of the falls were unbelievable. Its pointless trying to describe natures immense power and beauty captured in the falls, so check out the photos (but even they don´t do them justice). It felt so good finally streching our legs in a bit of nature rather then the city. Within the park there are large rodents walking around called coatis, as well as iguanas, little tuatara chameleon creatures, little crocs (I forget the name), numerous birds and rather worrying "Beware of Snake" signs. The only downfall were the number of tourists filling up the park especially tour groups of 20 or more, although who am I to talk.
Unfortunately I never got to see the falls from the Brazilian side as I fell ill with a 24hr tummy bug.
After Iguazu it was 26hrs on 3 different busses to get us to Salta, one of our stepping stones into Bolivia.
Well internet times up so photos will follow.
Chau for now.
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Look after each other. We love you both. Enjoy your time together and thanks for writing so much both of you. na Ema