Iguazu Falls (Hayley and J)

Hey there, hope you are all well in snowy England.

We arrived in Peurto Iguazu on Sat 7th Feb after a 22hr bus journey from Cordoba. We enjoyed our last couple of days in Cordoba, although one of them was spent severly hungover!!!! On Wed 4th we jumped on a local bus to Playas de Oro (golden beaches) which run along a river about an hour from Cordoba. Didnt really know what to expect but had a recommendation from Helgi (icelandic buddy) so thought we´would check it out. Was beautiful, but really busy. Seemed like the whole city had headed there. Eventually we found somewhere to sit and enjoyed soaking up the rays for a few hours.....so hot! J burnt her boobs and tummy, which are only just recovering now! When we got back to the hostel we were enjoying a quiet beerm untill our crazy argentine roomies decided to drag us out. We went to a club with about 5 other people from the hostel. There was lots of vodka and even more dancing, and we eventually got in at 9am, just in time for breakfast. We then decided to do our laundry, still alittle on the tipsy side! Spent day mostly in bed except for trip to the mall to eat cake! Had a quick Prison Break session and then early to bed. Caught our bus the next day....our first Cama experience!

Bus was lush, but 22hrs was long, and the films were rubbish! On arrival we made our way to Hostel Inn, which is the same place as where Alice stayed. Is huge, with an enormous swimming pool and 24hr bar. Hung out by the pool for rest of day... ..lots of swimming was required as so hot! We bumped in to Cat and Rob again in the town and they recommeded visiting the tres frontiers, which is were river iguazu and river parana meet and make the boarders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. From the Argentinian side we were able to see both Brazil and Paraguay. We also saw a tree with what look like runner beans growing in it. Bizarre! We spent sunday evening with some crazy Irish boys who spent most of the night singing Boyzone and Westlife songs, very funny. Eventaully made it ot bed about 6am and then up at 8am to visit the national park and waterfalls. Dragged the irish boys along with us, and had a fantastic day walking round the park checking out the falls. We all took a boat ride which went right under one of the falls, so we got absolutley soaked, but was amazing to be right under this massive waterfall. We were just drying off and about to head home, when we got stuck in a storm and had to run through torrential rain to get the bus.....so got soaked again!!! We didnt really mind tho as is so humid that the rain is actually a relief. Just glad we managed to get all our photos taken before hand!!!!

Rest of time here, has been spent by the pool or at the bar, and has been more like a holiday than the rest of our travels. Has been lovely to relax and soak up some sun but definatley ready to head on to BA now. The mosquitos here are driving us crazy! We are very excited to be meeting back up with Alice and to be seeing my mummy and Ron. We are also meeting up with some friends from La Paz so is going to be a very busy week. Have lovely Cama suite bus booked, where you get free booze....yay! Was on promotion, so was same price as semi cama. The seats are like beds.....very exciting!

Missing you all. love H and J xx