Panorama Hotel Foz de Iguacu

... have to put your togs on with the lifejacket and get soaked yet again, unfortunately the boat ride wasnt that long, probably cos it was so busy. <br>Wouldnt want to be here in the height of peak season, so many people about - we were lucky as there'd been rain the last few nights and the river was pretty full. You have to be lucky, when there's too much water there's a lot of spray so its hard to get the good photos, &amp ...

... i first said it was Fraser the guide tried to say it but ended up making a strange guttural-flemmy sound and then said ´can´t´ - at least i think he said `can´t. Only joking, that last bit didn´t happen. <br><br>Weather was superb today, beautiful clear sky and around 32 degrees. Had to watch out for the mosquito's however, though they`re not too bad. The falls are really an extraordinary sight, absolutely tremendous. The only English speaker on the tour (we ...

... it had been fantastic, but the walk from the train led us to a platform right on top of it, allowing us to see right into the heart of the falls: amazing. In the afternoon we did a more high-powered walk into the heart of the jungle which was fantastic. Although I spent alot of time swatting off mozzies, all the various butterflies, flowers and trees were so huge and colourful that I almost didn't mind being bitten half to death.<br><br>At home that evening ...

... completly taxi-less town and so we had to walk with our massive backpacs to the bus station. We quickly downed a hideous greasy lunch- really missing those beautiful Argentine empanadas and got on two more buses to Trindade (the tiniest and remotest little seaside down!). We finally arrived at about 9 at night having not eaten for hours and having also completly forgotten to get money out in the nearest ´large´town of Paraty!!! We ...

... to the famous waterfalls. Already in the arrival this stop looks promising, we met two australians and one croatian in the bus and we quicky connect. We look for a place to stay together and we find this nice hostel ...

... The back gate walks out straight onto the sand..., with four immaculately presented sleeping rooms all leading straight onto the delightful garden and pool ...with hammocks swinging from the porches. we see few tourists its still quiet and the season has not yet started in earnest. The village hums in the evening with the young locals, who hang out opposite the bars . There is also a great selection restaurants all serving excellent food. I try horseriding along the ...

... round the trail and were back at the start in no time, where we decided to walk back to the visitors centre which was only 10 minutes or so away. <br><br>The whole way back both of us were eulogising about how much we loved the park, it ...

... also nice, refreshing. But then, we went to another waterfall and he took me an hour up the river to another waterfall. We stopped and relaxed but on the way back I was really tired and hungry and thirsty and I kept falling on the big slippery boulders and into the river. By about the 10th time falling and him saying ´tudo bem?` (no, everything is not okay, why did you take me here? My legs are still bruised) Anyways, I got ****** off and took off on him ...

... we had any spot as beautiful as this it would be packed with people. The last one was inside an ecological park. As we were walking through I felt like we were on the movie set of Jurrasic Park. It almost wasn´t real. There were lots of signs with all the names of the different trees and plants and it felt like a greenhouse with the heat and humidity. Our guide showed us some of the medicinal plants, one was an anesthetic that made your tongue go numb, (and tasted ...

... up here, which the whole bus figured out very quickly and they were all pointing things out along the ride and telling me which towns we were arriving in. Their friendliness still surprises me sometimes. Sao Jorge only has 600 people who live here, very relaxed, cute little town. I can´t believe how beautiful it is here. We are really close to the amazon and it is incredibly green and lush as they call it. The busride was beautiful, big open blue ...