Luz Hotel 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.

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.

... a massive storm blows towards you.
The wind is also something to contend with and, if you look at photos of me taken at the falls you may notice a rather unfortunate Adolf Hitler-esque side parting which developed during the day owing to the blowy conditions in and around the area.



All in all a rather spectacular couple of days which nicely brings and end to a rather chaotic two weeks in Brazil, Argentina next.

... wine etc and it came to 18 quid! And the food was excellent.
The town is very poor so expect a few people begging and trying to sell you things. But the people are very friendly and helpful, and many of the people speak excellent english, which is a big help seeing as my spanish is dog ****.
This is the highlight of my trip so far, and will be difficult to beat.
If ever you get the chance to visit here you must do it....it is the bollocks

... it a good go. We ventured onto a walkway right over the Falls where you just get absolutely soaked, it was so much fun, just have to watch the camera doesnt get too fogged up.
The next day went to the Argentinian side, got another stamp in the passport, it was only about an hour trip to the National Park where we then took a truck ride down to the waters edge to begin out speedboat ride. The boat goes right up to the falls, you ...

... around us and once or twice almost bumped into us.
The day after, we crossed the border to the Argentinian side and walked on bridges one meter above the center of the falls, feeling the immense power of the water flow.
Today, we take 2 flights in order to get to Manaus in the Amazon.

... a couple of trials i want to trek, so will possibly be happy enough on me tod.

Went off to Parque dos Aves (Bird park with endangered parrots, toucans, hummingbirds etc) earlier today and was very impressed. They have recreated areas of rainforest and panatal, and have a great array of species - pics, as always, included. Up at 7am tomorrow for transfer to Falls - canīt wait.

... to say it was a great relief and quite a sense of achievement to step off the plane in Iguazu.
Luckily our hostel here has beautiful outdoor garden areas with abundant hammocks - combine with a cold beer, and we find the cure for airport stress.

From the bus station here it is a short trip to the Iguazu national park, where there is some pretty impressive tourist infrastructure around the falls themselves ...

... out of us to one of his mate we were on our way to the hostel.
We opted for a Hostel which offered us the trip to the Brasil side of the Falls that day then a trip to the Argentine side the next day, dropping us at there Hoste on the Argentine side where we could wait for the following evenings night bus to Buenos Ares.

We dropped our bags opff and headed to the falls which were magnificent. It was quite a short tour which gave us some panoramic views of the Falls and ...

... technically. Thursday, 6:30 pm, we get into the bus which will take us from Sao Paulo to Iguazu. We will be there very fast, just 14 hours. Friday, 8:30am, we arrive in Foz de Iguazu, brazilian city in the border with easy ...

... the tops of the waterfall, but we wanted to do this one first.



This trail led us to some fantastic views, you wonder where the hell all this water comes from!





The closer we got, the louder they ...