Hotel Royal Park Foz de Iguacu

... us and said "I want to go to the falls today, can you arrange it?." Taken a bit aback, Val suggested we go together and share the costs. We all agreed. The woman and her husband were half an hour late for the car, and then still wanted to go to the shop to buy water, as they thought water was going to be too expensive at the falls. Some people can just rub you the wrong way from the start.

We set off in Ana’s little 4 cylinder car with me cramped in the back with ...

... in on our entire trip so far. The mattress seems to be virtually non-existent, there are no windows we can open and there seems to be more mould than tiles in that bathroom." After a small pause Duncan slyly suggested to Nadine "I think the best way to cope with this is to have so many Quilmes tonight that we simply won't notice how awful it is." Nadine gave this some thought and replied, as she watched ...

... wonder is going to exceed your expectations. We finally get our first glimpse of the falls, from directly on top of them. The one advantage of visiting the Argentina side is that you literally walk among the falls, rather than see them from afar (although I would suggest doing both if you have the means). Little prepares you for seeing that much expanse of water pouring into the Earth, and it is the first time that I actual ...

... Portuguese 3 times. The over-night bus was comfy - like sitting in big armchairs. On the day of arriving in this town, which we don't know the name of near the falls, we headed to the Brazllian side of the falls. It had stopped raining and was blazing hot with blue skies. If I could I'd do some kind of big build up because these falls are breath taking - massive and numerous. From the Brazillian side you get a panoramic view ...

... girls from the previous pool turned up in a rather delightful thong bikini. We did a lot of staring. In contrast, something that rather violated our vision was the sight of a tall , bald German man with a ludicrous pointy beard wandering about in a pair of hideously tight black Speedos. My eyyyyes!

In the evening there was another BBQ, again with a myriad of meats. We got talking to a nice bloke from New Zealand called Alan, who reminded me of Bill Murray, just ...

... ever-changing flames of a camp fire are.

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 ...

From Cordoba we took a 20 hour bus to Peurto Iguazu, base for the Iguazu waterfalls - one of the big natural specticals of Argentina. A wander of the streets and we check into a hostel and make plans for visiting the falls. Here you have the choice, you can visit the Argentinain side, take a half day out and visit the Brazilian side or take a full day out and go to Paraguy to see the view from there. You speak to the Argentinians and they are ...

... for the next bus. At the Argentinian customs everyone had to get off the bus so he had to wait which was good.

At Puerto Iguacu found a stand for a bus company IŽd heard of, booked our tickets to La Quiaca via Tucaman then went off to get a local bus ticket to the falls.
The falls were fantastic, more info will follow as my time is running out at the internet room at the Tucaman bus station.

... a great experience with good weather and nice company. The australians happened to be very nice guys even though they decided to stay in the hostel and left us the heavy responsability of partying in Foz de Iguazu. Well ...

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I practically jumped off the truck when we reached our destination, whataloadofold....

The advantage of being one of the first down the steps to the river was that Katie & I were able to grab our life jackets, a couple ...