Waterfalls... thought after Oz and NZ I´d had enough of these things, thought I´d never appreciate water cascading over a cliff/rock ever again - I was on overdose mode as far as waterfalls were concerened. How wrong can a girl be?

Hola my friends, I believe I last left you in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil where I was going off to see a waterfall, cause that´s what you do there. Well let me just say I´ve now seen one of the great natural wonders of this world - twice - from two countries and yes it most certainly was a WOW, WOW, WOW moment.

The Iguacu/Iguazu Falls actually lie on the border of Brazil and Argentina - both countries kind of split the falls in half but actually the impressions and views you get are quite unique in each place. In Brazil (Iguacu) you get an appreciation of just how vast and magnificant these falls are - you get to see the main attraction from afar so to speak - inc a glimpse of the Garganta del Diablo (The Devils Throat) which is the most powerful of all the falls and formed in a huge semi-circle.

Right next into Argentina to view from this side and the experience is quite different. In Brazil you get great views, in Argentina (Iguazu) you´re much nearer the falls (almost "at one" with them) and can actually take boats right into the smaller falls - we did this got soaked and laughed tons - and you also have the opportunity to walk over all the falls and view from on top of the them including the great Garganta del Diablo which once above, felt like you were standing at the edge of the world - and the noise of the water crashing is louder than the Pyrimid Stage at Glasto. Stunning stunning stuff and well worth the trip - photos up very very soon I hope (maybe even today if this PC lets me).

So yes, you now find me in the beautiful country of Argentina - and considering that just a river splits Brazil from here (well it does at Puerto Iguazu) I was amazed at how different everything feels, and is. For a start Argentina is a lot poorer and I hate to say this but for a cash-strapped backpacker that means a lot, lot cheaper. The wine and food is supurb - I´ve discovered a great fish called Surubi (or Cat Fish to us English folk) and Jon´s already devoured about 10 rare cows. The people are incredibly friendly considering the history between our two countries (and the football) and welcome us with wide, wide open arms, and the countryside is lush green rain forests and it´s bloody hot!! In fact I´m already falling in love with this country.

We spent our first 3 days in Puerto Iguazu and we´re currently taking a pit-stop from a 28 hour bus journey in a city called Corrientes which is one of Argentina´s oldest cities sitting on the banks of the Rio Parana. There´s not much to see but it does have lots of shops, then tonight we jump back on the bus for about a 12-14 hour journey further west and north to Salta where we plan to spend a week or more hiking so more on that later.

But for now, Adios, I´m off to find air-con

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