Tagged: Foz do Iguaçu

Itaipú Dam

Ciudad del Este and Itaipú Dam

March 22. This date is usually a very crazy day for me.  The life-changing event of 2011, 2012, and 2013 all took place on March 22.  It is a weird day for me.  It is also my brother’s birthday, and we had an awesome visit today, which is a nice way to have the day this year. It took Irmante and I forever to get moving as I have a million things to do before I could leave the hostel.  Eventually,...

Iguazu Falls/Cataratas de Iguazú, Argentina

Iguazu Falls – Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay

March 21 A MONSTER of a day.  Irmante and I decided to head to the Argentinean side of Iguazu Falls.  We took two new friends with us who, one of which we stole form the hostels expensive ‘tour package’ and we made our own adventure to figure out how to get to Argentina to see the waterfalls from there.  The hostel agreed to store our luggage, and the four of us adventured off, with some semi-informed instructions of an Israeli...

Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu Iguazu Waterfalls

March 20 On a 23:20 hour bus trip, I bet that I slept for 18 of those hours.  It was 10:30am when I woke up and there were only two hours left to get to Iguazu Falls/Foz do Iguaçu.  After arrival we collect-called the Klein Hostel that we had pre-booked to come and pick us up.  They were there in about 5 minutes.  Awesome. We dropped our things off at our hostel and semi cleaned up enough to head out, and...

Rio de Janeiro to Iguazu Falls: Bus Ride

Rio de Janeiro to Iguazu Falls: Bus Ride

Rio de Janeiro to Iguazu Falls: Bus Ride. March 19. Irmante and I were up early to get ready to get a move on from Rio de Janeiro to Iguazu Falls.  We said goodbye to Csilla and Cash and headed into the great unknown.  We found out where the bus was to pick us up and waited at the stop.  To flag a bus in Rio de Janeiro, we have learned that sometimes you have to step out into the...