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Puerto Iguazu (Argentinian side) and Foz do Iguacu (Brazilian side) was a bit of a one horse town...without the horse, but still we came here to witness the iguazu falls. These were simply breath taking... We walked for 6 hours through the Park viewing it from every angle. The falls have a Diablo Gigantes which is a section of the falls similar to Niagara Falls, but the real beauty of it is the cascading falls which stretch across approx 2 Kms surrounded by jungle and wildlife. (we saw an armadillo :) ) The hi light was the speed boat trip which took us underneath the falls (not the main section Diablo Gigantes). This had the desired effect - screams and squeals and totally soaked passengers. It was fun and an appreciated shower from the heat and all the walking up and down cliff edges.
The park also offers a little train ride to the furtherest view point. We had just climbed off the speedboat at the bottom of the gorge when we decided we should catch the next train which was leaving in 10 min. So we sprinted up the gorge, squeezing and shoving our way past some slightly less agile park goers and ran onto the platform just as the train was leaving. It wasn't even an option for me other than to jump onto the train with the conductor blowing his whistle. Tim had no choice, I was already on the front carriages waving goodbye so he had to jump on to, which only made the conductor almost wind himself he was blowing so hard! About 100m down the track they stop the train... Uh oh! He's come to find me and make we walk the 100m back on the tracks! Anyway we continued along after and oncoming train passes us by.
Next was getting over to Brazil...
So we discovered for about $8 peso we could catch a shuttle to the other side of the falls, what we also found out is if you want the bus driver to stop at the border to be stamped into Brazil you have to make a special request, else he just drives through!
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