Waterfallin' in love with Iguazu!
Trip Start
Sep 28, 2009
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Trip End
Aug 27, 2010
Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Saturday, August 7, 2010
What a fantastic change in scenery, Puerto Iguazu is incredibly lush and green, a complete contrast to dry and dusty north west Argentina and Bolivia. We stayed a total of three nights in Iguazu, two of which I was bitten furiously by bed bugs, they itch like crazy and seem to take forever to heal. The main problem with bed bugs is they get everywhere, the hostal had to wash all of our clothes and backpacks to ensure everything was clean and bug free. Nicola had a great result out of it, everything cleaned and not a bed bug bite in sight.
Our day to visit the Iguazu Falls had finally arrived, we'd looked forward to seeing the Falls for many months. First stop on our tour on Parque Nacional Iguazu was the biggest and most spectacular cataract, Garganta del Diablo (The Devils Throat). It literally took our breath away, the sheer enormity of it was mind blowing, Nicola and I stood there in silence for a good few minutes before we managed to converse our first words, 'wow'! The amount of water cascading over the drop is unbelievable, you get the feeling a small ocean somewhere is drying up and everything down stream must be flooded, madness.
For nearly 6 hours we wandered around the massive Parque Nacional Iguazu, taking in the smaller cataracts that don't necessarily give you that jaw dropping moment you get at the Garganta del Diablo, however are still very beautiful and worth taking the time to explore. To round off a truly amazing day we boarded a boat to get a closer look at the falls. The 12 minute trip (£16) took us towards the heart of the San Martin Falls, although the boat only takes you to the outskirts of the falling water, you get absolutely soaked. First the mist and spray give you a primary coating before the falling water takes hold and you get drenched, I doubt we could have been any wetter if we'd jumped into the river itself. Cold, wet and stupidly happy we emerged from the boat, yet another great experience and one we would definitely recommend.
From here we hop across the border to Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (our final country, booooo) before taking a couple of internal flights to Salvador in Brazil Bahia region. It's a chau to Spanish speaking Latin America and Olá to Portugese!
Hasta luego
Darryl and Nicola x
