Foz do Iguaçu

The amazing waterfalls

19.01.2011 - 21.01.2011 25 °C
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After a 20-hour bus ride I got to Buenos Aires this morning. Not a good start: when I got to the hostel I had booked, they had lost my reservation and had no bed free for me! So I had to find myself another hostel. It’s Saturday, so obviously most of the good hostels are fully booked. I was lucky though and got the last bed in a hostel which seems quite nice and is very close to the Spanish school I will take my course at. I’m really looking forward to my time in Buenos Aires now! And I’m happy to be in a country where I can understand people and communicate with them in their language somehow (Though my Spanish really is not that great anymore. The course will be useful).

I had a great time in Foz do Iguaçu! The waterfalls were really impressive! We were a great group of people at the hostel too, so we had a lot of fun at the falls and at night!
At the hostel in Foz do Iguaçu

At the hostel in Foz do Iguaçu

On the Argentinean side of the waterfalls

On Wednesday, I went to see the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu falls. There we had great views of the complete waterfalls, mostly from a distance.

Brazilian side of Iguaçu Falls 1

Brazilian side of Iguaçu Falls 2

On Thursday, a big group from the hostel took a guided tour the hostel offered to the Argentinean side of the falls. There we could get much closer to the waterfalls and could see better how massive they really are.

Argentinean side of Iguazu Falls 1

Argentinean side of Iguazu Falls 2

Some of us took a boat trip to the waterfalls as well, which was really cool! We drove around the waterfalls a bit to see them from very close by, but then we were told to put the cameras into the waterproof bags and we drove underneath the waterfalls! Incredible! We got completely soaked of course, but it was worth it!

Boat tour at Iguazu Falls

The Argentinean side of the waterfalls the side I preferred. You get much closer to the waterfalls, while you have some very nice views of the waterfalls from a bit further away. Both sides were great though and I’m glad I had the time to see them both.

Posted by sarahm_lux 22.01.2011 11:02 Archived in Brazil Tagged iguazu iguacu