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Day 24 - Iguazu Falls - Argentina
... do it again. I tried to open my eyes but it was impossible and also I didn't want to lose my contact lenses. The boat ride ended there and we had to climb up to the top of the mountain to dry off. Due to the heat I was almost dry after 5-10 mins of walking up. We took some photos at the viewpoints of the waterfalls and then stopped to get some lunch. After lunch we had to get the train up to the main view point of the Devil's throat ...
Shopping for guns in Paraguay
Ciudad Del Este is known as the "Supermarket of South America" as its renowned for contraband goods and cheap prices particularly for electronics, computers, iPods etc. This is what tempted us over the border to see whether we could pick up any bargains!
Its also a city that is renowned as a haven for members of the Russian, Italian, Arabic and Korean Mafia as its used as a base for selling all kinds of guns and ammunition! Seriously!!
On Sunday the entire city ...
Falls Gold
... isn't much else I can say to describe it but hopefully some of the pictures can do so for me.
In the evening the girls knocked up the first home cooked meal of the trip whilst the boys played pool and drank a few cheeky cervejas. The next morning we decided not to visit the (less impressive) Brazilian side of the Falls and got moving down towards Buenos Aires
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Iguazu Falls
... make a beautiful rainbow across the falls. It's a magical place and nothing like we have seen before, a constant smile etched across our faces as we stopped and realised we were actually here having the adventure we had dreamed of for so long! To end the day we were going to walk a 7km route to a hidden waterfall which was off the tourist trail. We picked up the leaflet and enclosed was a section entitled 'wild big cats'. Apprehensivly we began the ...
A mental day followed by a mental night!
... items and had become fed up of the oppressive heat, we decided to leave. Getting back was slightly more difficult than getting there based on the fact that there are no bus stops, you literally have to wade into the sea of traffic to flag one down! The buses are like something from the 1970s (the kind they have on Indianna Jones) decorated with flags and old fashioned, half-naked women posters and are somewhat rickety ...