Colonial Iguacu

Hello Everybody! We've up sticks and gone walkabout for about a year and this is our way of hopefully keeping in contact with a number of you. Go on, waste 15 minutes catch up with us and letus know what you're doing.... Nick & Kat

... senses, WOOOWWW!!!! Monday 26th May Alison: We arrived happily at the beautiful Hotel Das Cataratas, a lovely 2 storey grand colonial style place with gleaming polished floorboards and dark woodwork, facing onto the falls - quite ...

... of the most well kept and manicured cities we have ever been to - a real contrast to the chaos of Rio. The Portuguese colonial influence could be felt and was reflected in the preserved buildings dotted round the city centre. We sold out and took a tour ...

... duty free cigarillos as a present for Pit in car No.2 ,whose birthday was to be celebrated tomorrow. We arrived at the colonial style Hotel Cataratas which is set alongside the main falls area and the thunderous roar of falling water could be heard in ...

... , The Mission. If you have not seen this 1980´s film staring Jeremy Irons and Robert Deniro about the Jesuits and the Guarani in Colonial South America, do yourself the favor and rent it. I showed it several years to my students, and may feel inspired to ...

... in real comfort. The little extras. Service with a smile. The refurbishment by Orient-Express was beautifully done. This Portuguese colonial classic hotel is oozing with the atmosphere of lazy days lounging on a veranda or beneath sub-tropical palms ...

... . Guess who. Fun times...    After leaving Ilha Grande, we got on the minibus to Paraty which is a colonial town. It's very pretty and surrounded by some beautiful islands and beaches, but unfortunately the town is completely dependent on ...

... either be done by bike or jeep, we took the easy option! Jeep packed out with our friends, off we went leaving the colonial beach town behind us. The tour took us to six different waterfalls, two cachaça distilleries (much to Chris’ happiness) and ...

... Salta is one of the more major cities in the North of Argentina and capital of the Salta province.  Famed for its colonial spanish architecture this town was once used as a communication post between Lima and Buenos Aires.  One thing the north ...

... to the Falls viewpoints.   We started the walk with a walk around the beautiful Pink Hotel Tropical das Cataratas built in Colonial style serving exactly what the ambiance required - from High Tea in the lounge to Brandy and Cigars in the bar. We ...

... formed by part of an old aqueduct and inside which runs the travessa de comercio.... number of chique outdoor restos and several colonial churches... retraced my path back through the downtown area and went back to hostel.... Now - Rio vs Buenos Aires: ...

... were over 90 trucks long!!). What can I say about Morrentes, it is an extremely pretty little town, harking back to colonial days and definitely geared towards tourist with countless Souvenir shops and Restaurants. A really nice place to relax and unwind. ...

... the drops of blood. After all that culture we went to pick up our other flight tickets as we are now flying from Rio to Iguacu Falls (instead of bus and train to Paranagua from Curitiba which is meant to be good but only runs a couple of times a ...

... this is an expensive trip for me, but I am in the Brazilian Amazon - COOL!  My price also includes 2 free nights at the Colonial Hotel here in Manuas, I got  city tour today, and free transfer to and fromt he airport. So I think Im doing ...

The next stop was Puerto Iguacu, the Argentinian side of the Iguacu Falls waterfall.  The falls come from the Iguazu River which is on the border of Argentina and Brazil and they are made up of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometres of the river. Some of the ...

... ride through diverse terrain, from a very dry and flat landscape at Mendoza to verdant and hilly, took me to the lovely quaint colonial town of Salta.  I was only staying two nights, but it is worth staying longer and doing some of the activities on ...

... dipping our bodies into the hot springs of Pirituba, walking the long, lonely, winter beaches of Santa Catarina state, exploring colonial towns rich in historic architecture, and hiking in lush rain forest, while all along taking advantage of an entirely ...

... to its bulge around the Equator), and scary muddy passes at 4000m above sea level. Cuenca is famous for its colonial architecture and handicrafts. And the architecture was very nice indeed, especially the blue domes of the Inmaculada Concepcion ...

Leaving the madness that is Rio De Janeiro, we set off on our first bus journey of South America to Paraty - a "chilled colonial town on the South Coast". It was the first time we'd been fully exposed for having no Portuguese language skills but we ...

... ; There isn´t a lot of english spoken, but everyone waited patiently while I went through my Yale 'spanish for colonial idiots' (revised second edition, updated, I think in 1944  -there´s a section on purchasing a twin set for your ...

... built up heart and government buildings start. Nothing big or grand like Rio, Sao or even Foz, just small, colonial style buildings, most with a number of soldiers standing outside. The hotel was pleasant enough and ridiculously cheap like everything ...