Local bus from Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil, to Puerto Iguacu, Argentina, and after negotiating the border and obtaining some pesos, caught another bus on to the falls national park. Walked the trails at the base and the top of the falls, getting a rather closer view than on the Brazilian side. Spray from the falls was extremely welcoming given the heat, and it also produced some wonderful rainbows. The sheer quantity and size of waterfalls is quite remarkable, altho...

Arrived in Foz Do Iguacu at about 8.30am, later than scheduled, but this seems to be the norm. After hopping on a local bus, dodgy directions on the hostel website meant we had to walk rather a long way in the heat with our growing collection of bags, not appreciated after having travelled for 18 hours already. However after freshening up and 2 more buses we were in the Iguacu falls national park on the Brazilian side of the Rio Iguacu, getting drenched by the c...

After booking up hostels for the remainder of our trip (Rio is a popular place!), headed out for our last stint on the Barra de Lagoa beach. Got distracted by a fish restaurant on the way however and enjoyed a lovely lunch. Made it to the beach for a bit before preparing to leave - very glad we were doing so given the cockroaches that seemed to have taken up residence in the hostel. Couple of local buses back to the long distance bus terminal on the mainland and...

Walked along a trail clinging to the sea, past a couple of small bays to some rather large rocks, on which we perched admiring the view until the wind became too much. Headed back to the village and the beach. With the sun out in full force today the sea was more refreshing than cold as per the day before so we enjoyed a few dips. Went on a long walk north along the beach until we could not see another soul, although the end of the beach was nowhere in sight eith...

Awoke to a drizzly morning, not what we were expecting on the Brazilian coast. Undeterred we set off on a walk heading north along the beach which stretched for miles and miles..... although we barely made it on to the sand. Spotting some surfers in the bay we turned back to the hostel, squeezed in to some wetsuits and headed back to the beach with boards in hand. After a couple of hours we'd reached our limits with the cold water and our inability to stand up fo...