Arrive at the bus station early afternoon and head off in search of some accommodation.. We are fortunate to meet a nice kiwi couple who recommend the hotel they are staying at so we decide to head there straight away as we have the feeling most places are going to be booked up. The hotel is brand new which might sound nice, but actually meant that most things hadn't actually been finished properly! Still, it was a big room and it was near the centre of town, so we were happy enough. We spent the afternoon wandering around the town before heading out for a fairly mediocre dinner. The next day followed a similar theme of being a bit lazy and getting a few chores done (including a much needed website update!). Puerto Iguazu was a pretty quiet town during the daytime whilst the tourists were all at the Falls - so we felt rather silly spending a couple of days there without visiting them! However, we were waiting for our guests, Gemma & Joe, to arrive on Sunday before we viewed the great spectacle! Sunday finally arrived and we got up nice and early to make sure we made it to the airport to meet G & J. The bus dropped us at the Argentine/Brazil border where we disembarked to get all the required stamps. Unfortunately we then had to wait another 1.5 hours for the next bus to take us on to Foz do Iguaçu. Made it to our hotel (luxury by our standards, but hoping G & J would feel the same), got a bite to eat and caught another bus to the airport. Made it nice and early and in time to have a coffee while watching the planes land. Wished we hadn't been so early when we discovered that G & J's plane was an hour late! Played a bit of scrabble to pass the time and then they finally arrived! Fortunately they hadn't changed a bit and they assured us that we hadn't changed either. Soon it didn't seem as though we hadn't seen them in 9 months! That evening we decided to show them one of the great things about SA - the meat! So, we took them to an all-you-can-eat buffet. There were so many different types of salad, plus other delights like sushi, pitta bread and the biggest pudding table you've seen! The meat was just brought to your table and you could say "yay" or "nay" depending on whether you fancied what was on offer. There was a huge selection - roast beef, beef steak, chicken, ribs, etc, etc - and even chicken hearts (though we passed on those!). The following day we headed off to see the Argentine side of the falls on a minibus from our hotel and had a great day out. There are loads of different walkways on the Argentine side that take you up close to all the different falls. Probably best to look at the photos to see what it was like! Unfortunately the boat trips weren't running due to low water levels so we didn't get the really up close experience, but we did see plenty of coatis; thousands of butterflies; and we even saw a toucan! On our return to the hostel we played a few rounds of cards in the games room with some of the other guys from our trip. A few beers and a meal out in the evening, followed by a few cocktails in a nearby hotel (a really posh one!), again with our tour friends. Well, the next day it was time to see the falls from the other side, Brazil. We were a bit unsure whether it would just be more of the same, but we were wrong. You certainly don't get as close to the falls on the Brazilian side as you do on the Argie side, but you definitely get a better views of the waterfalls as a whole. Despite the falls having the lowest water levels for something like 80 years, it was still very impressive - especially when the rainbow came out. The Brazilian side also seemed a bit more well kept and definitely wasn't as busy as the Argentinian side, which was very nice. Again - see photos! A meal and a few beers in the evening topped off another great day. The next day we decided to squeeze in a quick tour of the nearby Itaipu dam - supposedly the largest dam in the world, and one of the modern wonders of the world, before our flight to Rio. The tour consisted of being driven around in a convoy of coaches (10 left every half hour!) with a stop for photos halfway round. Stu was obviously in his element the whole time, but I enjoyed it too (probably because it didn't take longer than and hour!). Then it was back to the hotel and a bus to the airport to catch our flight.