The trip to Foz do Iguaçu was rather irritating. There were no tickets from Rio to it and we were forced to take a bus back to São Paulo then wait at the bus station for another bus to Iguaçu. We basically spent an extra day doing nothing but staying in bus stations waiting for buses and then finally went on the 20 hour trip.
The Pluma bus was really uncomfortable as far as Brazilian buses went, (still more comfortable than the SAA flight) and we eventually arrived at Iguaçu at 6am, 2 hours ahead of schedule. We quickly found our hostel, this place was much cheaper than Rio and it has a swimming pool, communal kitchen, hot showers and power plugs in our rooms and above all else, free internet! A big thing considering we were paying R25/hour in Rio.
We checked in and went straight to the famous Iguaçu falls from the Brazilian side. It is a series of waterfalls around the area and while it was beautiful and I'm glad to be there. It failed to install a sense of awe in me. I spent a lot of time taking photo's of the falls and enjoyed the outing and all.
We met a Brit named Simon while at the falls and we decided to have a braai back at the res and brought meat, lots of beers back to the hostel. That night Justin decided to go on a rampage and got hideously drunk with Simon. I woke up and found his bed empty and eventually found him on a hammock outside. Plans to leave this morning was abandoned because he refused to leave from where he was.
Guess we will be leaving for Buenos Aires tomorrow afternoon (29th March), another 20 hour bus trip. I'm breathing a sigh of relieve as Brazil has been really expensive and at this rate we will be running out of money before we even reached Peru!
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