Rafain Palace Hotel Iguassu Falls Foz de Iguacu

... me when we finished for the day and headed for lunch. After lunch, my luggage had been moved and i was told i was in a different van (new people). When we got to duty free shop, i was moved again to a differnt van. When we reached passport control, i was asked to get out again as my luggage had to be checked, changing vans (and people) again to get to the airport. It was being in an episode of the Prisoner, with so many different characters. I swear i saw one of ...

... we still arrived around Friday midday thoroughly excited about visiting another country, and seeing yet another completely different landscape. We caught a bus to Foz do Iguacu in Brazil, passing through the fairly speedy immigration system. We arrived at our hostel mid-afternoon to find the Pousada El Shaddai quite a nice little hostel. Our room had an en-suite and TV and overlooked the pool and patio area - it felt like being in a proper hotel for a ...

... as its catch.

The next day as I'm exiting the hotel in search of the best way to make for the Argentinian side I again run into the tour group and figure it couldn't hurt to ask Lula if I can again hitch a ride with them. I think she's eager to have someone else her age to talk to -- as her group consists mostly of 18-20yo. I generally followed along with them but ...

We covered about 450 kms today and most of the countryside looked very similar to Scotland, must have been the rain and conifer forests! Seriously though it was very much like home. The one thing that we have found is that today the road tolls have been very expensive. We knew that we would have to pay tolls, but they have increased as we have gone west and today we spent some 28 ...

... the one road between there and Paraty and only cars could get through- not the local bus. Ozzy- the owner of Sea and Forest hostel offered to take us to the bus stop nearest the accident but he could only take two of us, and there were another group of 4 travellers doing the exact same trip as us!!! Disaster!! We discussed this for a long time the evening before and spent the night praying they would clear away the lorry!! .... They ...

... sand dunes ...climbing up high before descending steeply and quickly "con emotion" ...its an adrenaline adventure but more than that , the landscapes and beaches are amazing and i would recommend anyone to do this....this distance cost 400 pesos but if there are 4 of you you can split the costs. we finally arrive in Natal early evening, windswept and salt encrusted!. The town is bustling but has a slightly seedy feel down by the beach., We stay at possibly the noisiest ...

... update. (As a famous film once memorably claimed, it was hot, DAMN HOT. In fact, when we got back to town we saw that the temperature was 39 degrees C ...

... up hill the whole way. So all in all exhausting last day but the bike riding was fun. When I got back I did some wandering and shopping. Everyone was so nice to me there. It was funny cause everyone I saw was like, oh you went biking with Alexander today? (Everyone knows everyones business before its even happened) And a few people I met were like, your Jenny from Canada, right? I was sad to leave cause in just 6 days I knew alot of really great people.

Last night I drove up to the lookout point with my family to watch the sunset. I had to keep myself from laughing as we 4x4´d our way up in their brandnew little car, I think we dropped the engine a couple of times, eeps. Then we drove into Alto Paraiso for supper, which they wouldn´t let me pay for. Cool little outdoor restaurant with live music. I thought dad was going to kill us with his crazy driving but after a few beer I decided it wasn´t that bad of an idea to ...

Today was one of those days when I thought to myself, ´life really doesn´t get any better than this`, as I was eating fresh goiaba while swimming under a waterfall (yes at the same time). Except of course if I had some family or friends here. But I´ve adopted a new family. I have two younger brothers, 18 and 19, and very sweet parents who seem very much in love. They´re from Brasilia and they´re staying at the same pousada. You have to visit the national ...