Hello again. We have covered a lot af ground again since i last blogged, after arriving in Puerto iguazu on the 17th morning and checking into our hostel we chatted to some tourist information people and booked a boat tour thingummy of the falls for the next day. For the rest of the day we mostly chilled out, we watched Nadal vs federer in the final of the madrid masters and i went for a jog as the many long distance bus journeys have been making me crave some excersise.
the next morning we caught an early bus the the Iguazu falls national park, we walked up to the top of the garganta del diablo (devils throat), which when in full flow is them ost voluminous waterfall in the world. Even though it is dry season at the moment it was still an awesome sight, it is hard to hear anything over the din of crashing water. After a walk around the circuito superior, we joined our tour and were driven through the rainforest towards the river where our boat tour started. In the rainforest we we saw monkeys up in the canopy, and as we approached the waters edge there were an extraordinary number of butterflys, filling the air like confetti.
Our boat ride took us upstream towards the falls, where we had awesome views of the cliffs towering above us. Then, to our suprise, the boat drove into the waterfall! This was part of the tour, just a part i wish we had been warned about, we might have packed some spare clothes. Back on dry land we walked the Circuito inferior and then found some sun to dry off in.
The next day we were again up early to head to the brazillian side of the falls, this was on another booked tour, and included was a trip to the Itapu damn. The second biggest in the world, and a random shopping trip to paraguay. The damn was big, paraguay was naff. But the brazillian side of the falls were spectacular. As the brazillian side is higher than the argentinian side it provides amazing panoramic views of the falls, all 295 individual waterfalls which make up the iguazu falls. That evening we caught a night bus to Sao Paulo, and i gave my picture taking finger some much needed rest.
We arrived in Sao Paulo at 11am yesterday morning, its fairly standard big city really. the hostel is nice, there is a dog called gringo. Tomorrow morning we catch the bus to Rio, our last bus journey! blog soon
Rich
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