Aguara House Suites & Hostel Puerto Iguazu

History, Nature Putting it in perspective We are merely specks This week we concentrated our attention on two attractions: ruins and waterfalls. To accomplish this goal we managed to visit 4 cities in 2 countries in just 5 days. After our adventure on El Gran Capitan train, we settled in Posadas, Argentina at the Hotel Tia, which to Eli's delight was across the street from a basketball court with an active and constant pickup game. Eli got in a couple hours with the neighborhood fellows, Bron...

So I left off in the last entry mentioning rain? Well boy did it rain. I mean torrential, driving rain. Once it started it didnīt stop for the next 24 hours. We practically had to swim to the bus station! When we did get on the bus it was such a relief to be somewhere dry that it took us a moment to realise just how sumptuous our surroundings were. Due to a special offer we had paid an extra 13 peso and gotten cama suite seats. Two classes up from those of the infamous leaky seat bus. The dif...

Today we were checking out of our hostel and moving to one in Puerto Iguazu town...which would mean we were closer to restaurants...and bars... The hostel we chose was a couple of blocks from the bus station where we would be taking a bus the next day to São Paulo, Brazil. Today was a catch up day for the blog so after a lunch which DIDNīT involve steak or wine (amazing) we walked to an internet cafe and spent the afternoon updating the blog and catching up on news. After a lengthy session we...

Flew out of Buenos Aires yesterday with a heavy heart and in heavy rain, which made me feel a bit better about having to leave my new favourite city after only 3 days. Spent the morning in San Telmo with Carole and Adam, just hanging out and looking for souvenirs. It was sad to say goodbye to them but the moment was lightened by Adam rubbing his hands on my hair, having just strangled an injured pigeon that he wanted to put out of its misery. SO GROSS but I didnīt freak out at all and didnīt ...

Why do waterfalls seem to fall on borders? Here we are in the Argentinian version of Niagara, Iguazú Falls. Just as the U.S. and Canada begrudgingly share Niagara and wage petty disputes over whose side is most worthy and beautiful, Brazil and Argentina duke it out over Iguazú. While neither the tallest nor the most powerful in terms of water flow, Iguazú falls are certainly enormous in scope and variety. Guarani legend has it that an angry river god created the most turbulent section of the ...