Amerian Portal Del Iguazu Hotel Puerto Iguazu

... than thinking everyone's trying to get their pound of flesh from the Gringos! <br><br>We ended up staying five nights in Puerto Iguazu, spending two days on the Argentinian side of the falls, one day on the Brazilian side and then on our last day, heading north to the Brazillian-Paraguay border to visit the dam at Itaipu.<br><br>The falls themselves are on the Rio Igua which forms the border between northern Argentina and Brazil. They are 2.7km ...

... to the other hostel to have dinner. On our way there I (Leah) tried hoping down a grassy hill and slipped in the wet muddy grass and ended up with a butt coated in red clay-mud. Classy! We finally arrived to the dinner show and Rob very kindly got up to re-fill my drinks so I wouldn´t have to show my red rump to the rest of the patrons. But then the dance show started and I got pulled up on stage, and Rob very kindly caught the entire embarrasing experience on film :) <br><br>

... I made a feeble effort to use my socks to dry myself but it wasn´t happening. In this state, we then had a walk around another walkway to look at yet more amazing waterfalls. There was one particular platform which led right upto a huge one where I got soaked once more from the spray. There was also a rather delightful rainbow at said waterfall. Once we`d seen this we walked all the way back to the place we`d had lunch, saw a coati steal a huge piece of bread someone had ...

... under it. Normally groups go under once, maybe twice. We did it 4 or 5 times because we kept shouting for Uno Mas! (one more!) and they kept giving us one more. We were absolutely drenched. We might as well have jumped in. It was hilarious. We walked back and got changed, then got a bus back to our hotel in Brazil.<br><br>On the third day, we went to the Brazilian side. This side offers a more panoramic view of the waterfalls and gives ...

... really close to them, whereas in Brazil you just get a good panoramic view to take photos from. Our plans were to visit the Argentinian side, and then the Brazilean side before heading to Rio. However, that night, we had a BBQ at the hostel and some other guests told us that the bus to Rio worked out at over 100 pesos more expensive from the Brazilean side, and so if we were short on cash we should get the bus from Argentina. One drawback ...

... to land on you throughout the day. We did suffer another wardrobe catastrophe this day though as the previous night we put practically every item of clothing we had into the laundry and then we were just left with our swim shorts and pajama tops to sightsee in around the falls! This actually came in handy though as we went on a boat trip that took us underneath one of the falls and got completely soaked in the process. The highlight of both sides of the ...

... time against us we dropped our suitcases in our hotel and headed straight out to the falls.<br> <br>Given we were in the rainforests, in what felt like the middle of nowhere in South America, with a personal tour guide hired, I was expecting some serious hiking into the wilderness.<br> <br>Not quite. The park is a huge tourist attraction, and although we were visiting at the ...

... le manque complet de photos. Je ne suis pas allé du côté Argentin des chutes, ça ne me faisait pas envie. J'ai passé du temps à socialiser, à discuter, à aller souper en ville, et à ennuyer Carito, qui travaillait à la réception. :) Je me suis promené un peu, en particulier je suis allé à Ciudad del Este, au Paraguay (mais il faut traverser le Brésil, il n'y a pas de pont direct!), et je suis retourné au Brésil lui-même. Le Brésil, c'était pour aller à l'a ...

... près de cet entonnoir géant ou s'engouffrent des tonnes d'eau à chaque seconde. C'est assourdissant! <br>Apres avoir cassé la croûte avec quelques oiseaux très friands de nos miettes de pains, nous reprenons ensuite le train pour revenir sur nos pas et admirer le reste des chutes du niveau inférieur. Un autre circuit de passerelles métalliques et de béton serpentent au travers de la jungle pour nous faire découvrir d'autres chutes qui se déversent plus ...

... them giving it back to us! So we rigged up 2 clothes lines in our room and did our best to dry out everything before our 10:30am check-out time. <br><br>We figured they couldn't really complain when all we were waiting for was ...