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The bus to Iguazú

17 hours in a bus from Buenos Aires to Iguazú Falls...what an adventure! You’d think that a trip like that on a huge bus would be utter torture. On the contrary, it was quite comfortable. We (Rachel, two friends, and I) boarded the bus at 7 p.m. and were greeted with whiskey on the rocks, a warm meal and red wine, dessert and champagne. They showed movies and we fell asleep in our chairs that converted into full-blown beds. When we woke up we watched Star Wars and had a breakfast of croissants and café, arrived in Puerto de Iguazú refreshed and ready to start our tour…

The waterfalls are one of the seven natural wonders and even more amazing than I would have imagined. They span a region that covers parts of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay- absolutely breathtaking. Aurelien arrived the second day that we were there to help us explore properly. We took a speed boat tour to the base of the falls, soaked we were!

On the third day we decided to take a risk and visit the border city in Paraguay despite its description in Rach’s travel guide- “a dodgy place for money launders and smugglers.” This trip was almost a disaster because we realized we had very little time and catching a bus back to Argentina was going to be a headache. We begged a taxi driver to take us back, but he only agreed to take us to the boarder of Brazil and Argentina. We eagerly accepted and ended up doing our shopping (that was our initial motivation for going to Paraguay- it is CHEAP, cheap, cheap) from the back seat of the cab as we sat in traffic. People walked through the lanes of traffic, selling beer, exotic fruit from Brazil, and random junk. Things really came to a head when we found ourselves eating lunch in a Brazilian café only an hour before our bus was to depart from the station in Argentina. Aurelien was calm and collected while Rach and I started to flip out…long story short, we made it back with just enough time!

posted by Kelly @ 2:33 PM