Continental Inn Foz de Iguacu

... butterflys and who knows what else; and hats that when eaten by elephants can be pooped out in wear ready condition. It all reminds me of the pet rock. For me, I'll stick with army surplus. If it's good enough for the soldiers in Afghanistan, it's good enough for me. <br><br>Ellen expects the penguins of Patagonia to be the highlight of her trip to Argentina. I'm pretty sure that mine has already been forever etched in my mind.

I am walking trough a beautiful jungle path. The sun is shining, the parrots are "singing" and beautiful butterflies are fluttering around. I am in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. I start to hear the sound of water. Lots and lots of water. I walk around the corner and I am speechless, taken by surprise and floored by the beauty and force of nature that I can feel, hear and most of all see; Imagine ...

... the edges the water was that milky brown frothy colour like a coffee. Its this colour at the moment because of the volume, normally I think its a bit blue-r. When we walked out over the Devil´s Throat (the main fall), I was mesmerized by it - it held mine and everyone else´s attention completely and I could have stayed there just staring for ages and ages. Philosophically I was also fascinated by all the different paths of water. The falls are technically the widest in the ...

... throat" where after trying to take in the magnitude of this fall we sat and enjoyed some sandwiches while gazing across the falls into Brazil. <br><br>Another train ride and some up close and personal interaction with the coatis we hiked both the upper and lower trails to get full interaction with the breathtaking row of falls. The lower trail was complete with all of us running out down a walk way to the bottom of a fall and getting SOAKED!<br ...

... Argentinean side to take it easy today. We will stay the night here before doing the tour tomorrow and then the very long ride down to Buenos Aires.<br><br>The Brazilian side of the falls is the most panoramic with a full view of the entire falls. It´s perfect for photo´s and many will probably show up on facebook soon. We got very lucky as it was grey and raining when we arrived off the bus, but after we´d gone for a nap and made it to the falls around 3pm it had cleared up. We ...

... and it was just of those ahhh moments. We of course were all thinking about how great it would be if the day was better but it was still very cool. After seeing some of the more minor falls we split up Kira, Carlos and I decided that we wanted to take the optional boat ride that takes you near the falls. Everyone else decided to walk down the lower catwalks.<br><br>At this point it got super nice and the sun came out and we were all really really excited! As the ...

... dishes while we could. Although the price wasn't fantastically cheap, both the intentional and unintentional entertainment of the place was hilarious.<br><br>You could choose salads and puddings yourself from a buffet, but a variety of odd-looking men came around to offer various bits of meat on a stick. This service may sound good, but some of them were a bit passive-aggressive and pulled haughty faces when we declined. One in particular looked like an ...

... the opportunity to use the old rickety bench and weights set whilst Egan cooked and Gary frantically looked for his arrivals paper which he was told he couldnt get over the Argentine border without. He never found it, which proved fun the next day when we crossed the border to the Falls.<br><br>That night we got slammed on the cachaca and Sprite (just cant handle it neat anymore) before not going out because of the terrential down pour (honest). Two MASSIVE pizzas and Rocky IV ...

... two, which was an absurd and delicious quantity of food. Everything came in large sized form: grilled vegetables (peppers, onions, tomatoes) and two slabs of steak, a platter of creamed spinach (which was unique as most parillas don't offer the sides that a typical US steakhouse offers) and a platter of potato balls. Man, I would fly back to Puerto Iguazu simply to eat at this steakhouse again! The steak special was only ARS84 (USD22) for both of us!<br><br ...

... really thundering down beside us.<br><br> <br><br>Sometimes they looked like a fantasy island.<br><br> <br><br>The trails were super-organised, with sturdy boardwalks and even wheelchair access which was very impressive considering that ...