Los Elechos Puerto Iguazu

... Seite) hatte. Fassungslos habe ich vor den gewaltigen und powervollen Wassermassen gestanden und lange den donnernden Geraeuschen zugehoert.
Umgeben sind sie mit Begonien, Orchideen, Palmen und Farn. Wenn man durch den enormen Nationalpark laeuft, trifft man auf verschiedene Voegelarten (zum Bsp Toucans), bunte Schmetterlinge und ich hatte sogar das Glueck einen kleinen Affen zu sehen ...

... of glances. The real targets, apparently, were cross-border shoppers, not an unfamiliar concept to us Canadians, except instead of returning from Minot with a carton of $4 beer, several cheap casino t-shirts and yet another 14 decks of previously used playing cards, the smuggler’s haul here consisted mainly of cheap shoes, gaudy Tupperware and ill-fitting jeans.

Curiously disturbing aside: Bearing in mind that I have done no actual research and have no hard ...

... for the sake of our stomachs and fellow passengers, we had decided to pass on lunch that day!

All that really remains to be said about Iguazu is, if you are ever in South America you have to come here. It's a pain to get to but the effort will be rewarded a thousand times over by the experience.

On our final day in the area, we visited the world's largest hydro-electric dam at a place called Itaipu about 30km north of the falls ...

... my way to my room. I was most upset, however, when passing the pool I saw that it had all been roped off. Having a pool was one of the main attractions for me, and it was boiling hot outside. Grrr. Once I`d sorted my stuff out I had a shower in the spotless and delightful bathroom, then went back to reception to enquire about trips to the falls and the location of the nearest cash point. Here I encountered an American guy called Troy, and we decided to go and get a late ...

... every 10 min but it was Sunday night and later so I had to wait an hour. At least a friendly Brazilian started waiting with me otherwise I'd had given up and flagged down a taxi -- which on hindsight I should have done.

After getting back quite late and not really eating lunch I was famished. So when I walked by a Churascaria I didn't care about the higher price. It ...

... faire tout ça lentement, parce que le dos de Daniela la faisait souffrir, à cause d'une sac-à-dos très mal adapté et du manque d'habitude. Nous avions pris la direction de l'auberge où j'étais allé trois jours auparavant, et elle était fermée pour travaux! Heureusement à un bloc de là il y en avait une autre, il y avait de la place, et en fin de compte elle s'est avérée très chouette. À part la douche qui ne fonctionnait pas dans notre chambre, bien sûr, mais ...

... so we also got served some bland inedible food and iced red wine (?!).

We were also offered some champagne or whisky just before we arrived, which we turned down based on their previous efforts!

When we got to Puerto Iguacu we were reunited with our baggage, strapped up and walked to our ...

... sand and without a cloud in the sky we couldn't really complain...





The Rio del Plata (the wide river separating Argentina & Uruguay) is almost totally brown, so there was no chance of us going for a ...