Puerto Iguazu
Trip Start
Nov 29, 2007
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Trip End
Jun 24, 2008
Puerto Iguazu,
Argentina
Friday, February 1, 2008
So next day, we got up and caught the bus to the border (frontera). Here we had to get off and get our passport stamped for leaving Brazil, then we had to wait for another bus and get off and get stamped in to Argentina. So the whole trip took a little longer than we had expected, but not to worry as we had already decided that we would visit the falls the following day.
We found our hostel and the people are really friendly, went for an explore and chilled! It is so hot here! It gets hotter as the day goes on, as you would expect, but just when you think it should be getting cooler, around 5pm it seems to get even hotter!
Our trip to the falls was a full day and a fantastic one. We set off on the local bus at about 9.30am and arrived at the Parque National, you have to pay $40Arg per person, but then you have full access to the park and all of its paths and beautiful walks. We started off by taking the train to "Garganta de Diablo" (Throat of the Devil!). This is the biggest of the falls and from the Brazilian side you cant really see it properly because there is so much spray. The views were breathtaking and we took hundreds of photos, I shall only bore you with a handful! The sound is amazing, you really have to shout over the sound of the water, check out Epi`s blog as he put a short video on his.
After visiting the Garganta de Diablo we got the train back to the start of the Upper circuit, we walked all around it and then did the Lower circuit - where we got quite wet at the end. However, we got the wettest when we went on the boat ride into the water falls. It was $60Arg each and well worth it! We were literally soaked, it felt like someone chucking massive buckets of water right in your face. I don't know why this felt like such good fun, but believe me it did!
After getting soaked we walked back up to a sunny spot to dry off and eat our sandwiches. We were joined by a family of Racoon's. All of the signs say not to feed or touch them, but the Argentines don't seem to read the signs and the Racoon had a feast and nearly a few small fingers into the bargain! It was quite scary to watch at times, the kids had no fear and the parents had no idea what the kids were doing as they were busy eating their lunch!!!
After we dried off we walked back to the main entrance, passing a lizard, some very large ants and other strange bugs on the way, but the Racoons were the bast, there are loads of them. Epi was really disappointed that we didn`t get to see a Tucan, I hope he gets to see one somewhere else.
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BUGS
What beautiful photos of the waterfalls..tell Epi he has a bug on his chin :-) xx
Racoons and Rabies
Watch the racoons I think they are one of the most likely animals to carry rabies - you can always rely on me to look on the bright side! I thought Epi had a dead hamster attached to his chin.
Wendy
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