Sunday 3rd to Thursday 7th September 2006: ARGENTINA, Puerto Iguazu

On sunday, after five weeks of immense travelling through the width and breadth of Brasil, it was finally time for us to leave and make our way to Argentina. We´d enjoyed our time in Brasil a lot, especially our time in the Amazon and the wonderful kilo restaurants and caiprinhas, but with the everything costing at least three times more than it does in Central America we were glad to be leaving as our budget was breaking!

Crossing over to Puerto Iguazú in Argentina was a short journey (2 hours) so we were able to arrive in time to have our first typical Argentine lunch; a huge juicy steak and fantastic bottle of red wine (the first of many!).

On the Tuesday we visited Cataratas Del Iguazú in the Iguazú National Park of Argentina. From this side we were able to get much closer to the falls and view the smallers cataracts one at a time as here there were much better walkways and views giving us a much different experience than the one we´d had from the Brasilian side. At one point in this beautiful park you can stand and be surrounded by 260 degrees of waterfall!

The highlight of the day came at the end when we got as close as possible to the Garganta Del Diablo (Devil´s Throat) waterfall as we walked across the catwalk over the edge of the waterfall. Garganta Del Diablo marks the border between Brasil and Argentina and with water pouring over it from three sides, it makes for an awesome sight; plus it´s great fun being that close as it also means you can get soaked from the spray coming off!

Garganta Del Diablo

Cataratas Del Iguazú