Double bed camping paradise within bunk bed city
Our bus trip north was not too bad, definitely getting sick of the big overnighters though. We ended up in Posadas, a small town way north of Argentina where we decided to go check out some Jesuit ruins (some dudes that came over here from spain to represent Christianity, we think, we could be well off - if anyone does know, we would like to also) which were very beautiful but the weather was hot and we were tired so after a quick liquado it was time to continue our journey north.
We arrived at our hostel in Puerto de Iguazu (the Argentinian side of the falls) at about 4:30, more like a hostel than a resort, we just wanted to check in and hit the pool. Too bad they had lost our reservation, didn´t have a double room and although I had already paid for the room wanted me to pay again. After about an hour they finally found us a private room for 4 (2 bunk beds) with which we decided to take it upon oursleves to re-arrange the room and ripped the mattresses off the beds and camped out on the floor between the bunks, a good enough make do paradise, so it was to the pool for us.
The next day was VISA time, we got up early so we could hit the Brazilian consulate in town but we didn´t receive the quick turn qround we had been promised so we just hung out and killed the next 2 hours whilst we waited. Once we picked them up we headed back out the hostel with not enough time to check out the falls, we though we would take a half day trip into the jungle and indulge ourselves in such activities as water repelling, lots of fun!
Day 2 saw us hitting the falls on the Argentinian side, speed boating in there, getting saturated under the falls and having an awesome time, then it was walk time where we got right up close to the falls and above them as well where you could fully appreciate the natural wonder of their awesome power. After walking what felt like about 20km, we decided to head back to the hostel for a quick swim before a taxi ride accross the border and into Brazil, country number 4 for me and 3 for Lil.
Our new hostel was just as awesome as the last one, pool, bar, the works. Sunday after a much needed sleep in then we hit the Brazilian side of the falls which offered a much more panoramic view of the entire network. It was so hot though, we decided to jump in a raft and white water our way back down to the park entrance instead of the standard bus. The rapids were only grade 3 and only ran for half of the trip but we just wanted to get wet! When the rapids came to an end we jumped in the river and floated our way down, very relaxing.
A few bevvies with some Aussie guys we met in Argentina last night by the pool before packing once again in preparation for yet another overnighter on our way to the 3rd biggest city in the world, Sao Paulo where we have spent yesterday and today trying not to get ourselves lost within this monstrosity. An estimated 20 million people live within this metropolis with an estimated 30 million living within Greater SP. Yeah, it´s big!
We´re catching up with a mate that i met in Argentina who lives in this crazy place tonight for some dinner and drinks, he has a car so it will be great to cover a bit more ground in this crazy place before heading out of here tomorrow back to the coast to contimue eork on our tan!
I have tried to upload photos for this blog about 4 times now (hence the lack of entries and this memmoth mother) without much luck, so will leave it as for the time being and get back to you when Blogger get their arse into gear. Till then......
We arrived at our hostel in Puerto de Iguazu (the Argentinian side of the falls) at about 4:30, more like a hostel than a resort, we just wanted to check in and hit the pool. Too bad they had lost our reservation, didn´t have a double room and although I had already paid for the room wanted me to pay again. After about an hour they finally found us a private room for 4 (2 bunk beds) with which we decided to take it upon oursleves to re-arrange the room and ripped the mattresses off the beds and camped out on the floor between the bunks, a good enough make do paradise, so it was to the pool for us.
The next day was VISA time, we got up early so we could hit the Brazilian consulate in town but we didn´t receive the quick turn qround we had been promised so we just hung out and killed the next 2 hours whilst we waited. Once we picked them up we headed back out the hostel with not enough time to check out the falls, we though we would take a half day trip into the jungle and indulge ourselves in such activities as water repelling, lots of fun!
Day 2 saw us hitting the falls on the Argentinian side, speed boating in there, getting saturated under the falls and having an awesome time, then it was walk time where we got right up close to the falls and above them as well where you could fully appreciate the natural wonder of their awesome power. After walking what felt like about 20km, we decided to head back to the hostel for a quick swim before a taxi ride accross the border and into Brazil, country number 4 for me and 3 for Lil.
Our new hostel was just as awesome as the last one, pool, bar, the works. Sunday after a much needed sleep in then we hit the Brazilian side of the falls which offered a much more panoramic view of the entire network. It was so hot though, we decided to jump in a raft and white water our way back down to the park entrance instead of the standard bus. The rapids were only grade 3 and only ran for half of the trip but we just wanted to get wet! When the rapids came to an end we jumped in the river and floated our way down, very relaxing.
A few bevvies with some Aussie guys we met in Argentina last night by the pool before packing once again in preparation for yet another overnighter on our way to the 3rd biggest city in the world, Sao Paulo where we have spent yesterday and today trying not to get ourselves lost within this monstrosity. An estimated 20 million people live within this metropolis with an estimated 30 million living within Greater SP. Yeah, it´s big!
We´re catching up with a mate that i met in Argentina who lives in this crazy place tonight for some dinner and drinks, he has a car so it will be great to cover a bit more ground in this crazy place before heading out of here tomorrow back to the coast to contimue eork on our tan!
I have tried to upload photos for this blog about 4 times now (hence the lack of entries and this memmoth mother) without much luck, so will leave it as for the time being and get back to you when Blogger get their arse into gear. Till then......
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