Iguazu Falls

Under duress from my worried mother, I thought I had better update this again. Yesterday, we ended our drreaded 15 hour bus journey, which wasnt actually that bad. Slept for much of it. When the put on the movie, it looked as if it was going to be in english, but no, they had changed the language to Spanish. Then a lady got up and went to the front of the bus to tell the driver it was in the wrong language, and he changed it, yes he changed it to portugese, with Spanish subtitles! Ah well, it was a crap movie anyway.

When we reached Foz do Iguacu (Brazil) it was cold, real cold. Wasnt expecting that at all! Only brought 1 jumper with me, no coat, 4 tshirts and 3 pairs of trousers. We got a bus to the centre only to walk back to the bus station and get the proper bus to the falls but it was pissing rain. I kid you not it rained like Ive never seen before. When we got to the falls we decided to go back and do the Brazillian side on Sunday. So we hopped back on the bus, collected our luggage and began the not so simple border crossing into Argentina.

We got a bus the Brazillian border and got our exit stamp, only the bus driver hadnt waited for us. So after 45 minutes standing in the rain and cold cold wind in a jumper and no coat (im so happy I changed out of my shorts before the bus) we hopped on another bus to the Argentinian border where the bus driver happily waited while our passports were stamped. We arrived a few minutes later in Puerta Iguazu (Argentina) and found our hotel eventually as its located about 3 miles outside town, and up two long narrow dirt tracks. Its lovely though, a log cabin kinda thing in the jungle. Very exciting!

Today we trekked back into to buy a coat, which I did, though I dont know how much I paid for it cos I havent figurred out the currency exchange rates yet. But then we hopped on another bus, so many buses, to the Argentinian side of the falls.

Incredible! Unreal. The Iguazu falls are out of this world. To anyone who has seen Niagara Falls, Iguazu is 20 times bigger and better. The sheer volume of water is incredible. We did all the trails in the park which allwed for some spectacular photos. We also went on a river boat which brought us right in under one of the big falls - there are over 200 waterfalls here but the Devils Throat is by far the biggest and most spectacular. Needless to say we were soaked on the boat. I mean ringing wet. The coat I bought protected my upper body somewaht but my god my trousers were dripping. And we had to walk for ages like that. But the hassle we had getting here and how wet we got really was worth it in the end. Its an amazing place. Tomorrow we have to head back to Brazil to Foz to catch our bus the Asuncion, Paraguay, so we are going to look at the Brazillian side of the falls, where there are supposed to be some great panoramic views.

Thats all for now folks, just gonna head out for some well earned dinner. Will post again in a couple of days!C