Iguazu Falls

Day 24 – It was pouring but we were snoring

Today was predominantly a travel day and we were glad for our ‘semi cama’ (half bed) layback seats on the 6 hour bus ride to Puerto Iguazu, the base town for visiting the Argentinean side of Iguazu Falls, as it poured with rain most of the day.  We hadn’t booked a hostel and so when we stepped off the bus in the rain, we high-tailed it to the closest one‘Peter Pan Inn’ and luckily there was room.  The hostel got a great wrap in Lonely Planet and had a nice looking pool, but the rooms ended up being cramped and stinky, with one bathroom between nine, and sleep was difficult with all the comings and goings and the sound of the jet-engine industrial fan in the corner of the room.

That night at dinner we were instantly welcomed at the huge bench table which was nice and ate a drank in peace with an Italian guy Greg, a South African girl Rebecca and a Northern Englishman Andy.  Peace was soon disturbed, however, when a group of obnoxious Aussies who had teamed up with an even more obnoxious young Californian bleach blonde and her much (much) older boyfriend.  It became quite obvious that bed time would be soon when Matt somehow found himself in a ‘discussion’ with the American guy about politics… need I say more!    

 

Day 25 – Exploring the mighty Iguazu Falls

Up reasonably early, we hopped on the 10am bus to the falls.  After coughing up the 60 pesos each to enter the park and again with a light drizzle to keep us doubting if there would be any views, we were soon exploring the various trails and view points on offer from all angles, including from right over the very top of one part!  As they say, a picture tells a thousand words, so here are a few from the day:

 

Even though we were both extremely impressed by the sheer volume and size of the falls (unfortunately the photos really can’t do this part justice) and there is a better opportunity to appreciate the full magnitude of the length and volume of the falls from the Brazilian side, we decided to save the further 60 pesos each to cross over to the Brazilian side and left for Paraguay the next day.