Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant Foz de Iguacu

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I have been in Foz for a couple of days now and there is not much to do in the town but the main reason to come here is to visit the Brazilian Side of the Iguacu Falls. WOW!! See the pictures but they still will not bring to life how amazing this place is!! This is one of the new 7 wonders of the world. It was breath taking, Ive …

I left my big bag in the airport hotel I am staying a night in between Iguassu and La Paz. It is right in the terminal I left from so very handy. Got my 2 flights to Foz de Iguacu and a cab to the pousada. I am sure it said it was in the centre but it's not at all, but this suits me well because it's really near the bus station and right next to a …

We headed from Puerto Iguazu to Brazil. What I remembered as being a small, out of the way border crossing, felt like a large very busy border crossing with several lanes of traffic moving through.

Fabio took care of us and got us through the Argentina departure and the Brazil imigration. It took a little while to get all of the paperwork …

While on the tour of Itaipu, we went over to the Paraguay side of the dam.

We spent a few brief minutes in Paraguay looking at the dam …

We had an unexpected stop in Sao Paulo as we missed our connecting bus to the falls. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise though as we made some new friends and got a great nights sleep at our hostel in S.Paulo.

On the morning of our trip to the falls we took a look around central Sao Paulo, led by Niels and his girlfriend Alynda …

Our last port of call in Argentina was Iguazu falls, rated as one of the top five waterfalls in the world. For me it was definitely the most beautiful set of waterfalls that I've seen but in terms of sheer power I think Victoria falls beats it, just. We had a whole day in the park which was pretty much needed to get around all the viewing platforms …

... sofa, a pizza and a DVD film (in English)!! The next day, Dan made us take a trip out to the Itaipu hydroelectric power plant with 18 turbines, shared between Paraguay and Brazil. Dan is available by email should anyone require any further information ...