We left from Retiro bus station at 7.40 pm. The trip was scheduled to take around 16 hours (about 1600 km's). We had decided to travel "super cama", which meant a bog soft seat (like a lazy boy), that retracted to the horizontal position, with a pillow and blanket..so one could stretch out and sleep. The ticket included an evening meal, breakfast and drinks..they offered whiskey as a night cap. Each seat had it's own TV station with access to 6 channels...so we caught up on a few old movies like the latest James Bond and Terminator 4 etc. We arrived in PTO (port) Iguazu around 11.30 the following morning...it was raining. Found our hostel Iguazu House, dropped our bags, rested, then walked back to the bus station for a meal (according to the guide books the station restaurant is one of the better ones in town..we had a great lunch (and reasonable). We started to look around the town and find out how to get to the falls. Every thing closes at 1pm until 3pm. So we headed back and checked in. Then it started raining again.
Thursday was sunny, we got a local bus the the falls and spent about 6 hours there..they are amazing, got to walk right out over them. I got mugged by a bird (I was holding a medialuna -a piece of bread -in my hand when this bird flew down and took a large piece of it..will include a photo of the type of bird. Also got to see Coati's mugging people at the food outlets in the park, will also include a photo of them.
In the evening we strolled around town, had a great Italian meal. Tomorrow we planned on taking the bus to Foz do Iguazu (Brazil) to see the falls from that side.
Friday, we woke to thunder and lightning, with torrential rain, so that said goodbye to that idea. So much rain fell it started to find its way into our room..we had quiet a little lake by the time we checked out. It finally stopped raining around 11am, so we did a little shopping before our bus left at 3.10 pm. Got a super cama back to Buenos Aries same deal, spoilt. Arrived back at Retiro bus station around 8.15 am on Saturday morning.
Retiro Bus station is huge, so many buses leaving for all parts of Argentina as well as Brazil, Chile, Bolivia Paraguay etc etc. It was like an airport. Three levels, bottom level - Departures, second level- arrivals and top level - ticket offices - hundreds of them.
We caught a subway from Retiro back to Maggies. Had a shower etc.
So, that little side adventure is over. Next one is on Monday, we are going to Colonia (Uruguay) for the day (that is across the River Plate) for the day on the fast ferry (1 hour as against the 3 hour slower ferry),
Thursday was sunny, we got a local bus the the falls and spent about 6 hours there..they are amazing, got to walk right out over them. I got mugged by a bird (I was holding a medialuna -a piece of bread -in my hand when this bird flew down and took a large piece of it..will include a photo of the type of bird. Also got to see Coati's mugging people at the food outlets in the park, will also include a photo of them.
In the evening we strolled around town, had a great Italian meal. Tomorrow we planned on taking the bus to Foz do Iguazu (Brazil) to see the falls from that side.
Friday, we woke to thunder and lightning, with torrential rain, so that said goodbye to that idea. So much rain fell it started to find its way into our room..we had quiet a little lake by the time we checked out. It finally stopped raining around 11am, so we did a little shopping before our bus left at 3.10 pm. Got a super cama back to Buenos Aries same deal, spoilt. Arrived back at Retiro bus station around 8.15 am on Saturday morning.
Retiro Bus station is huge, so many buses leaving for all parts of Argentina as well as Brazil, Chile, Bolivia Paraguay etc etc. It was like an airport. Three levels, bottom level - Departures, second level- arrivals and top level - ticket offices - hundreds of them.
We caught a subway from Retiro back to Maggies. Had a shower etc.
So, that little side adventure is over. Next one is on Monday, we are going to Colonia (Uruguay) for the day (that is across the River Plate) for the day on the fast ferry (1 hour as against the 3 hour slower ferry),
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