Itaipu Dam Puerto Iguazu

A 9 hour overnight bus saw us arrive in Foz do Iguazu bright and early at 7:30 am. We were there for one reason only.................to see the world famous Iguazu falls.

The Iguazu national park covers a large area, spreading across the border from Brazil and into Argentina. There are two towns that are located close by, Foz do Iguazu in …

5 januari, tijd voor een nieuw avontuur waar we allemaal al een tijdje naar uitkeken: de watervallen van Iguazu!! Die dag begon echt meteen avontuurlijk. Aangezien we de auto pas om 10u terug moesten geven en we om half 11 toch op de luchthaven moesten zijn hadden we met de verhuurmaatschappij afgesproken dat we zelf met de auto naar de luchthaven …

There was a tour were which would take us to Paraguay for cheap electronics and the Itaipu Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, across the Brazil-Paraguay border. The 1 day tour would then end at the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls.







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We where informed that you could buy a PlayStation 3 …

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Anstelle von 22 Stunden mit dem Bus sind die luxuriösen Backbackers innert 2 Stunden in der Provinz Puerto Iguazu angekommen. Nach 6 Wochen im „Departemento de Buenos Aires" lernen wir nun also erstmals das Leben im Hostel kennen. Nicht im 8-er Schag, sondern im „habitacion privada“, jedoch in Hostelqualität …

... the list was: CN Tower, Toronto, Empire State Building, New York; Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco; Panama Canal, Panama; Itaipu Dam, Brazil/Paraguay; Chunnel, England/France; North Sea Protection Works. When we realised we would see so many we decided ...

... . In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. We slid into Puerto Iguazu, Argentina and stayed at the Hostel El Gembe today (31 march 2006). At our hostel, we made some wonderful Canadian ...

... over it. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Rio Parana in Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam. Its in subtropical setting with 23km of deafening waterfalls plummet up to 80m into a giant gorge. The ...

... give up and get a taxi back to Argentina whe nthe bus came and we jumped on with delight.  Once back in the safety of Puerto Iguazu we had a dodgy pizza and the went back to the hostel and checked in.  After a cold shower (hmm not that we had ...

... We got to the hotel at 9am and had the option of going to see the world´s largest hydro-electric project, the 5 mile long Itaipu dam, at 9.30. How could we resist! We stuffed as much breakfast down our necks as quickly as possible and joined the others ...

... the fact this was the time of the year during which the flow was the largest. After the falls we went to the Itaipu Dam, the largest operational (The 'Three River Gorges' Dam in China is larger, but not operational) Hydroelectric Dam in the world. I ...

May 31-June 4, 2009:  Foz de Iguacu, Brasil and Puerto Iguazu, Argentina Arriving in Foz de Iguacu, Brasil Mary and I arrived in Foz de Iguacu around noon on May 31, a Sunday, after an uneventful and comfortable 17-hour bus journey from Sao ...

... walkways that have been constructed and I hope the photo`s do it justice. After that we were collected and taken to nearby Itaipu Dam which is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, apparently. Ang was bored but I enjoyed the tour, though ...

... drenched but actually touching the falls... wow! Again words cannot do the scenery justice so I´ll let the photos do the talking. Puerto Iguazu as a place is not really up to much, it´s just a tourist base for visiting the falls but it offered ...

 After surviving the 18 hour luxury bus ride, we finally arrived in Puerto Iguazu – the town closest to the falls on the Argentinian side. We checked into our beautiful hostel (called Hosel Puerto Canoas) and went and sat outside our room for ...