Brazil, Argentina, Chile, NZ, Australia, Vietnam

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, NZ, Australia, Vietnam and a quick trip to Cambodia

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Iguazu (Argentina) – Bag in a Bag in a Bag in a Bag - 7th Nov

According to Wikipedia - as there appeared to be no information given within the park - the Iguazu Falls actually consists of 275 individual falls that run along a 1.67mile stretch, most being between 60 and 80 metres tall. The flow is an average rate of 1746 cubic metres per second – that is, in 20 seconds enough water falls to flush all the toilets in South America for a year*.

The Brazilian side of the falls has the best views but apparently there is a lot more to do on the Argentinian side - today would be dedicated to the Argentinian side.

We walked to the bus terminal and jumped on the local bus to the falls, paid our entrance fee and was in. We spent most of the day exploring the myriad of pathways and viewpoints as well as admiring the different wildlife – Toucans, large lizards, turtles, swimming birds as well as an unbelievable amount of butterflies.

It was a Toucan, honest!



We also paid £17 each for the pleasure of riding right up to the falls on a jet boat and getting soaked. We'd been warned we'd get soaked and so we put the camera in a plastic bag – in another plastic bag – in a rucksack – and in a big green drybag (it's like tur-duck-en but this was a bag,in a bag, in a bag, in a bag) …..and it just survived the soaking! - we spent the afternoon drying off whilst completing the sites.



Back in Puerto Iguazu we sat by the pool for a while, enjoyed a Caipirinha made by the hotel manager, Roberto, and headed out for another steak and bottle of wine (and yes there were 3 men with guitars who knew the whole Andrew Lloyd Webber score to Evita).

For 10 points, which James Bond film was filmed in both Rio and Iguazu (cable car and waterfall)?

Up the Reds (Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0)

*made up by myself and not in Wikipedia.

2 comments:

  1. "The flow is an average rate of 1746 cubic metres per second – that is, in 20 seconds enough water falls to flush all the toilets in South America for a year."

    More interesting fact: if you flush all the toilets in a Glasgow high rise tower block at the same time, it will lift off like a rocket into space.

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  2. Maybe more interesting but equally as made up.

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