Day 14 - Chris - After a quiet day by the pool yesterday, today we transferred to San Antonio for an overnight stay prior to boarding the Coral Princess tomorrow. There were 4 of us on the trip, along with the driver and tour guide. We started at Vina del Mar, just North of Valparaiso. This was a nice little seaside town, slthough again signs of vandalism and graffiti from the demonstrations were everywhere. Next was Valparaiso - a charming city well know for t...

Day 12 - Chris - Today we were collected for a private Santiago city tour. The driver and our guide turned out to be a married couple. Working together all day - they must be crazy. The day was really interesting. Santiago doesn't have the views or landmarks of Rio or Iguazu, but it was interesting learning about the culture, politics and history. At the moment there is a great deal of civil unrest and protests have been continuing since last October. In a cert...

Day 10 Mal Today we went to the Argentinian side of the Falls. Just when we thought we had seen it all, we were absolutely blown away. We started at the top of the falls today at Devils throat looking down. This is 82 metreshigh, compared with Niagara Falls which is 51 m high. we approached the viewing platform we were already getting soaked from the spray. The force of the water was absolutely immense as you will see from the photographs and videos. This side o...

Day 9 Mal Last day here. We stayed by the pool and had a very enjoyable day and lunch. At 4 pm we were booked into the spa. We had a sauna, steam room and used the hot tubs. Following that at 5 pm we both had a massage. I talked to Chris into a seaweed wrap and a clay body treatment prior to the back massage. It was interesting to say least. Not sure he would do it again. He came out saying the back massage was agony. Unfortunately the woman didn't speak any Eng...

Day 8 - Chris Today were were picked up at our hotel for a half day 'small group' tour of the Brazil side of the falls. We were collected by our guide, Antonio and our driver, in a minibus. Although the small group tour could be up to 10 people, we only picked up 2 more. These were a Chinese couple who couldn't go to Argentina due to not having a visa. From the Brazil side, you are mostly looking at a panorama of the Argentine falls - 80% of the falls are on th...