After a somewhat alcohol fuelled day and night on Isla Grande the boat ride back to the mainland was a little hairy for many people. There were a lot of green faces as we seemed to be on the slowest boat and the roughest water in the world, but fortunately I wasn't feeling too bad and quite enjoyed the leisurely cruise over! But unfortunately for those feeling a little delicate once we arrived on the mainland the ordeal wasn't over yet as we had at least a 2 hou...

After a final morning in Paraty we were all packed and ready to leave for the paradise Isla Grande…but true to South American form, our transport didn't arrive. Normally this wouldn't have been a problem as there's always a public bus somewhere you can jump on and get to wherever you're going. But in this case we were on a bit of a deadline to catch a ferry over to the island. So after a few frantic phone calls we eventually managed to squash the group of u...

It was a long old journey to Paraty. We had to take the night bus to Sao Paulo, which, after we'd eventually found the right bus, actually was quite good as night buses go. At the bus station there were 3 buses all pulled in at the same time and none of the drivers seemed to want our tickets to let us on. So full of comedy moments everyone was dragging their luggage form bus to bus, each time being told it was that one over there, or this one over here.But eventu...

You can access the Falls from both Argentina and Brazil, so on the first day we went to explore the Argentinean side. When you first get into the national park it's a fair walk to the falls themselves so we took a little train part of the way. Once you leave the train you walk about 1km across bridges to reach the Devil's Throat for the first spectacular view. As you walk towards it you are crossing the river the whole time, but it's really flowing quite calmly a...

When we left Uruguay we didn't anticipate such a mammoth day of border crossings. First we crossed into Argentina on a boat; then our night bus took us all the way to Puerto Iguassu right on the border with Brazil; so after picking up a private van to take us across the Brazilian border we finally arrived at our hotel in Foz de Iguassu, our base for the next three days while we explored the amazing Iguassu Falls. But on this first day we didn't visit the Falls...