So as Miranda has already covered, we went to Iguazu Falls within Argentina today. Wow... very very impressive, the sight, sound and sheer power of what you're witnessing takes a couple of minutes to absorb. For anybody planning to visit, if time/money are of concern, just visit the Argentinian side. Whilst the Brazilian side offers a better panoramic view, it's completely overshadowed when you see El Diablo Garganta.
The Argentinean side is a lot larger, and whilst we got most of what we set out to accomplish done, there were a few stones left unturned (Marcocu trail), for now. We thought it would e awfully rude not to jump in a speedboat and get absolutely drenched under the waterfalls, so that's exactly what we did... even from the safe distance we got to, the power of the water hitting your skin, well it was like large hail stones!
During the trip, we managed to happen upon several million Butterflies, many Lizards, some Coati thingies, a troop of Monkey's and 3 Mosquito's which took a piece of me... the barstewards!
Met some people at the Hostel today from Chile who confirmed that despite living there for 20 years, that they couldn't fully understand the Spanish spoken in Equador and parts of Bolivia - doesn't bode well for us then... Puedo hablar mas despacio por favor?! We can only try :o)
So tomorrow, we're heading to Florianopolis for some Sun, Sea and Relaxtion, sadly it's another 14 hour bus journey on the cards, but I'm sure we'll be well drilled in no time at all. So that's it for Argentina for now; back around December to Mendoza/Patagonia which should be interesting.
On the subject of photo's I've uploaded everything to my Picasa account (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/jamesdosborne) for now, which you should hopefully be able to see and access on the right hand side. Apologies for the somewhat amateur photography, we haven't had the time or desire to sit and process them anymore than uploading them!
Monday, November 2, 2009
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Wow...the falls look amazing; Watery Gates will never seem the same again! We're envious of those blue skies too. Lizard looks like an Iguana,they have a staple diet of fingers! Florianopolis looks like the Caribbean, some good info about the place on Wikipedia Travel site. Nice steady 30c with a pleasant sea breeze....you sure you don't want to come back here? That's a 'no' then. Take care both and thanks for the great pictures and very entertaining blog. Dad
Hi Dad,
The Parque Nacional Iguazu is amazing, we had an awesome speedboat ride out. Put it on your list of things to do, it`s well worth seeing!
Argentina really is a country I`d love to come back to, it`s so so much more diverse than I imagined (glaciers/mountains/snow/rainforest/cold/hot and all at the same time).
Now for the beach!
Take care, James
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