18th May
We wanted to reach The Igazu Falls on the Brazilian/ Argentinian border and the most direct route was through Paraguay but the road was supposed to be horrendous, unpaved nightmare and could take anything between 20 hours and 4 days to reach Asuncion the capital. So we decided to give it a miss and go through Argentina where they have Tarmac and luxury buses. And so the journey began: Tupiza to Tarija - 8hrs overnight, bumpy Tarija - has a market open at 5.30am for breakfast and generally a very pretty colonial town. Tarija to Bermejo - 4hrs, noisy Bermejo to Oran - 30 min taxi, a walkover the bridge border into Argentina, and a strict search. Oran - a hillbilly town but we managed to get a steak as we had 12hrs to wait for our next bus.
Oran to Tucuman - 10hrs Tucuman - Off one bus straight onto the next one waiting. Tucuman to Puerto Igazu - 21hrs, 4 films in a row. 21st May After 3 nights on buses we arrived and were pretty glad to be in a hotel.
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