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Got up Sunday 8th June at 07:20am. Off to see the Iguazu Waterfalls on the Brazillian side. For those not in the know the border is in the middle of the river so it gives both countries the opportunity to squeeze the tourist dollar. Argentina’s probably got the best deal as it has more and closer access. Brazil though allows the panorama aspect.

Anyway the first thing I noticed was it was raining again.

Packed my things up and appears my new DLSR camera has packed it in. Got wet yesterday but don’t think that is the problem. The terminals where the battery makes contact one appears to come away. When I push it together with a pen the camera powers on. Appears I got the one in a thousand in the batch that fails early. **** you Canon

Mobile phone camera will have to suffice

Anyway into the café for buffet breakfast. More bread rolls that were infused with cheese. Also had waffles going. Got myself a plate of them and proceeded to break the container. Seemed to have a lever on the side so I applied pressure. No syrup was coming out so gave it more shoulder grunt. Next thing you know the piece flew off and into the bread.

Turns out you only had to pour the thing and I snapped the handle off.

Couple of glasses of OJ and headed upstairs to grab my bag.

Being that my shoes and socks haven’t dried yet and faced with the prospect of wetting another pair chose to don the wet $6K Mart specials.
Jump in the cab outside the hotel. The guys make life easy as there is almost always one there 24-7.Half hour drive and we are there $R 50 about $28Aud later and I am heading in.

Another $R50 and I am in the park. Jump on a bus that drives you for 10-15kms down to the water falls. On the way they stop every couple of kms for tracks in case someone wants to do optional tours.

Finally get there and walk about 50m to the first viewing point. This rain has added a bit more fury to the things. Could see the bit where I was on the boat yesterday. Looks far too dangerous to do today.

Just looking at the fury of the water today I am glad I done Argentina then Brazil and not the other way. Today I reckon there may be a few issues doing what I done yesterday.

The spots where we took the boat yesterday look like a tsunami has hit

Go through a trek through the jungle taking in the panoramic views. Good news was the mozzies were again afraid of the Aeroguard I had in the bag and were still anonymous

Spent a bit more time today just stopping relaxing and taking it all in.

After about 3-4km you come to a platform out in the river. Decided to brave it. Got out there getting saturated from the spray of the nearby falls. Wind and water were nearly blowing you in but my arse was providing a counter resistance almost on par with nature’s fury.

Walked back and there is a platform 5yards from an epic large fall. Braved it again taking selfie. This platform has multiple levels to give different perspectives of the falls. Took it all in and come to a café.

Grabbed a drink and walked down the road. Checked the map and that appeared it. Checked the souvenir shops but they had the usual obscene prices before jumping the bus back to the park exit. 12:45am

Enjoyed the water falls but really felt like the Brazilians were trying to exploit you. The whole thing was like a fast food restaurant cheap nasty and tacky. The Argentine side were less in your face about getting money out of you

Jumped taxi back into to town and got back to hotel at 1:30pm. Changed into some dry gear and went for a 2 hour stroll around town. Place was dead. Obviously people here don’t feel the need for shops to be open Sunday’s.

Did go down and lay eyes on Paraguay which is 3 blocks and a swim away. Decided previously to not bother with Paraguay as the visa to enter is $US 150 or something like that. Place is very poor as well and little tourist activity.

Hotel for a bit of internet time and photo upload.
Whilst doing this flung a novel use for the hairdryer. Used it to blow dry air onto my damp clothes to speed up the drying process. Even had socks and jocks attached in weird manners to the AC I had flat out on heat with the window open

Headed next door to the Churrasco for dinner again. No need to make last night’s mistake so I walked in took a seat hit the service buzzer and ordered some Cerveja (BEER) brand Bohemia. This shit is a lot better than that Bluetoungue shit from last night. Not quite reaching an endorsement deal from the Graff but a step in the right direction

Finished it off with some dessert some chocolate mousse like concoction and a cake that was like a lamington. Fantastico

Headed back to the hotel to download some porn and a good night’s sleep.


Reason was tomorrow I was off to Rio De Janeiro.

Before bed received reports someone USA tourists had foot long knife pulled on them at Ipanema right in the tourist area. Rio is a violent city so going to have to be on toes