Mercure Grand Internacional Foz Foz de Iguacu

... guy we were with says, "David, how is Sao Paulo, not safe uh?" ... i was just about to go on a wee rant about how unsafe Brazil is, compared to Argentina when....a car crashes into us! Yeah, thats right, CRASHES! So i say crash, but really i should say rolled, it was travelling about 10mph, and the driver didnt break or turn the wheel, he actaully just drove into us! ...now normally after a car accident two things usually happen .. 1. you stop or 2. you ...

... see the Falls from the Brazilian side.<br>Three countries border the Falls, Brazil, Argentina &amp; Paraguay. From the Brazilian side is the best viewing point &amp; on the Argentinian side you can get up close &amp; personal.<br>What an amazing site - I took loads of photos so understand if you just zoom through them, you'll probably think they all look the same - its so hard to capture the magic that is Iguassu on camera but I ...

Niagara Falls in US - great. Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe - fantastic. But Iguazu Falls - un-bloody-believable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! What an absolutely awesome finale to South America, and probably the single most impressive natural sight we'd seen on the whole 2 year trip.<br><br>After an 18 hour bus journey from Paraty, we stopped on the town on Brazilian side of the Falls (the falls straddle both Brazil and Argentina). Given we ...

... in the Brazilian side but going to the Argentinian side for the day. You have to go through passport control four times (two on either side). This means filling in a form and queuing up in a line to get passport checked and stamped. Lucky i went through a tour group and they expedited the process, but still a pain in the erse.<br><br>With a totally different group of people this morning, but again i´m the only English speaker. Don´t get me wrong, I did try to ...

... so fast you got dizzy trying to follow it. We all just stood there taking pics of course and taking in the view. Unfortunately our miracle moment was interrupted by more rain but heavy rain so we decided to start the trek back. <br><br>We made our way out of the park and headed back to our hotel where I immediately proceeded to take a shower and then get dry and into some clean cloths. We decided to eat dinner in the restaurant in our hotel La Esquina. They ...

... to do one of the trails which was awesome. Although the Brazilian park offered stunning views of the falls as a whole, and was a stunning first introduction to the falls, the Argentinian park had alot more facilities and some of the walks veered off into the surrounding rainforest so we got to see more flora and fauna. <br><br>The following morning, we woke up early to make the most of the hostel's breakfast of fresh watermelon, papaya and pastries before ...

... drenching us on the platform, but we were lucky as it was such a nice day. As we´d already heard that there wasn´t much else to see on the brazilian side after the devils throat, we got the bus back to the hostel because we´d heard you could get in and out of paraguay within a couple of hours....what an excuse for a quick beer...<br>

... the price (ARS30 or USD8) on the second consecutive day visiting the park. We weren't tired of seeing the Falls yet. Honestly, I could spend an hour day everyday of my life! We tackled the Lower and Middle Circuit, which provided us unique vantage points of the bottom of the Falls. With a brilliant sunny day and the mist kicking up from the bottoms of all the waterfalls, there were rainbows everywhere. We probably saw 15 of them and nearly everywhere we ...

You can read the original entry with more info and pics in Paco in America A great travel day normally comes after a ****** one. This rule was absoutely true in our way to Argentina. It is dificult to say when that day ...

... a very quiet and peaceful pool of water...<br><br> <br><br>...before the trail led you left, around to where this peaceful pool fell over the cliff!<br><br><br><br>As we got closer to the larger falls the views changed and you could ...