The bus ride from Florianopolis was a 16 1/2 hour night ride. There were quite a lot of families with young children in the bus and they were surprisingly well behaved. There were a couple of stops for meals at huge depots. They were only for buses and had a buffet restaurant, small supermarket, and souvenir stalls. One sold huge statues and large paintings. We saw truck stops as well and they were signed as being just for trucks.
We caught a taxi from the bus terminal to our hostel and have found the drivers to be helpful and using the meters as they should. Where we can, we prefer to use buses to get about but if the taxi drivers are honest then it makes life easier.
The hostel was well located near the local bus terminal and not far from a huge supermarket. Around the corner was a churrascario (traditional barbeque) so we decided to try it out. It was wonderful. They brought around skewers of meat that they had grilled and explained what it was called and you could have as much or as little as you wanted. The buffet was set up with salads and hot vegetables as well as crumbed or battered vegetables and fish. There was a set price and you could have a choice of desserts and cakes. We decided to try the caipirinha,made with a sugar cane liqour, fresh limes and sugar. It was quite nice. We found it a reasonable price so went a couple of times as it was so convenient and the staff were so helpful.
Caught the local bus to the bird park not far from the gates to the Iguacu Falls. We really enjoyed the birds and butterflies in the park. Many of the birds have been rescued from traffickers or nursed back from injury.
We walked across the road to the falls and spent a couple of hours walking along the Brazilian side. It was a grey damp day but that didn't matter.
The coati were entertaining as they grabbed plastic bags with food off the unwary tourists or rifled the rubbish bins. There were photos on the warning signs of wounds that they could inflict. Their
snouts are like a long nosed pig and they root in the soft earth looking for grubs.
The following day we took a tour from the hostel to see the Argentine side of the falls. After working out the logistics of buses entry fees and the border crossing it seemed the most efficient way for us to see the falls. We were joined by four young women from Israel and a German guy who was working in Rio. The guide has been doing the tours for about 15 years and his English was terrible as he never used complete sentences. It reminds me to try to be as accurate as I can with my Spanish so I
don't sound like him! It is really nice on the Argentine side of the falls. Three quarters of the falls are on their side and you can get much closer to the water. The horseshoe shaped falls are 2.7 kilometres long.
The begonias thrive in the misty spray on the sides of the cliffs.
The epiphytes on the tree trunks also like the misty environment.
We caught a taxi from the bus terminal to our hostel and have found the drivers to be helpful and using the meters as they should. Where we can, we prefer to use buses to get about but if the taxi drivers are honest then it makes life easier.
The hostel was well located near the local bus terminal and not far from a huge supermarket. Around the corner was a churrascario (traditional barbeque) so we decided to try it out. It was wonderful. They brought around skewers of meat that they had grilled and explained what it was called and you could have as much or as little as you wanted. The buffet was set up with salads and hot vegetables as well as crumbed or battered vegetables and fish. There was a set price and you could have a choice of desserts and cakes. We decided to try the caipirinha,made with a sugar cane liqour, fresh limes and sugar. It was quite nice. We found it a reasonable price so went a couple of times as it was so convenient and the staff were so helpful.
Caught the local bus to the bird park not far from the gates to the Iguacu Falls. We really enjoyed the birds and butterflies in the park. Many of the birds have been rescued from traffickers or nursed back from injury.
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We walked across the road to the falls and spent a couple of hours walking along the Brazilian side. It was a grey damp day but that didn't matter.
The coati were entertaining as they grabbed plastic bags with food off the unwary tourists or rifled the rubbish bins. There were photos on the warning signs of wounds that they could inflict. Their
snouts are like a long nosed pig and they root in the soft earth looking for grubs.
The following day we took a tour from the hostel to see the Argentine side of the falls. After working out the logistics of buses entry fees and the border crossing it seemed the most efficient way for us to see the falls. We were joined by four young women from Israel and a German guy who was working in Rio. The guide has been doing the tours for about 15 years and his English was terrible as he never used complete sentences. It reminds me to try to be as accurate as I can with my Spanish so I
The epiphytes on the tree trunks also like the misty environment.
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