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After a whistle tour of the Brazilian side of the falls we headed to the Argentinian side and managed to not mention that we should be paying Brasilian exit tax and got away with the $25 dollars..score !Spiceworld..{alan partridge quote}
We headed into Puerto and wondered for hours in the sweltering heat! Argentina felt immediately more relaxed, like a western frontier town kinda empty with red dusty streets.
Found a hostel that offered a swimming pool...turnied out to be a green paddling pool...offered laundry services...a mouldy sink...see how this is going!
Anyways we found some Norwegian lads and had some beers to ease our travelling woes.
We then got up and intended to head to Buenos Aires that night but the bus was too expensive so booked it for the next day and headed to Iguacu for the Argy side.
It was again like some sort of Jurrassic Park ride with automated talk over and visitor centers.
We got the train to the Devils mouth first off, after an embarrassing episode of lubing each other up...and girls photgraphing us...I guess its normal they have eyes, but in No way homosexual...I have had bad experiences with not reaching all the parts of my back so Owen doing it is handy to say the least!but not gay..
After a 20 min walk across the walkways and Owen dying to to go for a swim....which was abruptly halted by the sighting of not one but two Crocodiles...strangely his desire to swim was not so strong...
We got to the mouth of Iguacu and it was unbelievable...so much more impressive close up compared to the Brasilian side, you found yourself compelled to jump into the white Oblivion was unforgettable. We got the classic cheesy pix and then started on the trails around the parks. Unfortunately didnt do the close up boat rides but apparently they are amazing, but we saw all the sections of the waterfall and many more rabid raccoons...
Excellent experience which we thoroughly enjoyed...for sheer magnitude I think the Argy side blows you away but the brazilian side gives you more scope to the size..politicians answer...
We then decided to avoid paying for the hostel and went out ot taste the buzzing night life in Puerto Iguacu...erhem...ended up in some seedy bar drinking Caipirinhas...Despite owens initial delight at pulling he then realised in the morning he was pesos $110 down...After stumbling around the bus station tucking into some great Argentinina pies, great hangover cure, we embarked on the 20 hour bus journey. SMall pleasures...we got two meals a welcome surprise!
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