We arrived here via public bus. We had to get off at the border to get our passport stamped and get back on another bus the rest of the way. We had a bit of a nightmare finding our hostel as we asked the bus driver to tell us when to get off and he never did, so we ended up going way too far and having to go all the way back the same way. This was annoying and meant that we arrived a bit later than expected. We checked in, went out for our first ‘pay by the kilo buffet’ which are very popular in Brazil and then chilled out by the pool at the hostel. We had a couple of beers at the hostel and cooked tea later on.
The next day, we got up early and got the bus to Iguazu falls. Originally we weren’t going to visit the Brazilian side of the falls as everyone said the Argentinean side was so much better, but we are glad we did! There was a trail to follow and along the trail was more of a panoramic view of all of the waterfalls which was cool as we didn’t get to see this on the Argentinean side. As we got to the end of the trail, we got up really close to the waterfalls. They are so big and powerful, it was like it was raining.
After we visited the waterfalls, we went to a bird sanctuary. This was for birds that had been harmed previously and cannot return to the wild. We saw flamingos, parrots, toucans, macaws and lots of others. There were also some reptiles there.
Later on, we had a overnight bus to catch. Next stop Florianopolis… BEACH TIME!
Kerry and Jonho's Travels 