Bristol Dobly Viale Cataratas Hotel Foz de Iguacu

... We then decided to sit down and have lunched (we had packed some cream cheese and some bread as it had been told that everything was overpriced at the falls);<br><br><br><br>We sat down for lunch and within a couple of minutes we crossed a Caotie, a large black and white warran and a 1m long green ...

The day we returned from Iguazu to Buenos Aires was not a great day. <br><br>Al and I got up earlyish to go and check out the bird sanctuary<br>across the road. Unfortunately on our second trip over (because it<br>opened later than we thought) the woman at the office told us that the<br>only way to look around the sanctuary was to go on a 90 minute guided<br>tour, the first of which started in 20 ...

... trip. <br><br>There were loads of coatis around (racoon type things there are a few photos of) and the announcement on the bus said that they can bite, essepecially when buggered. Though in fairness, she may have said `bothered, hard to tell with the accent...<br><br>The tour group seemed to like to move me from one van to another - all in all i was in eight vans / different groups of people in 48 hours. Both trips also had additional folk. Got a tad confusing ...

... ever-changing flames of a camp fire are.<br><br>We went back to the hotel to get into bathing suits for the next adventure, a boat ride taking people up to and under the base of the falls, while they walked the Lower trail, agreeing to meet at the boat to take that ride together. I thought they knew what they were getting into on the boat, but that turned out not to be the case. We knew how wet we were going to get, hence the change to swimming clothes. We had been advised by ...

... something we decided to do. Choosing to ignore the "you´ll want a poncho" signs (they were US$5 each and were just rubbish bags with holes!) proved to be particularly short sighted, as we (mostly I as Renee wisely wore her rain coat) got soaked! It was great fun though, riding right up to the biggest waterfalls we´d ever seen.<br> <br>Soggy and dripping, but exhilarated, we made our way to a number of other falls before finally making our way to the "The Devil's Throat ...

... is feeling a bit poorly and doesn't want to serve us. Michelle and Anita think otherwise. So he gets served and serves us.<br><br>More "serving" takes place that night at the hotel when we run into a rival GAP adventures group. The group seems to be made up of dumb drunken english blondes. One has lost her ear ring - more than likely down her cleavage before managing to fall UP the stairs. Another is from Wales and makes her way over ...

... headed back to Brazil and that they're close to departing after waiting for just a few more. In a bit I see the driver and the guy who is apparently in charge. I figure I pay some amount if asked but after we depart and I ask someone how much the hostel charged them for the round trip I learn that once again it's an organized tour rather than something organized by the ...

Rose:<br><br><br> <br><br><br>After 2 long bus rides with a 2 hour gap in the middle of the night and, a seemingly unnecessary one hour stop in another cold bus station at 5am, we arrive in the town of Foz de Iguaçu. Bambu hostel is so welcoming and friendly but it´s cold and after a tepid shower it chucks it down outside. So we decide to skip the Brazilian falls for today and head instead for an afternoon tour of the ...

... and I also discovred I enjoy this lonely way of travelling. If only for that, Brazil was unforgoteable. I loved the beaches, the juices, the landscape&#8230; I didnt like the beer, the lack of security in some places, the ...

... experienced 39 degrees C before, it felt like we were melting. <br><br>It dried our clothes out a treat though! ;) <br><br>Once we were dry we followed the signs up the hill towards a set of trails which give some other perspectives ...