IGUASSU and CURITIBA
So after it was a bit sad to leave Buenos Aires I really didn’t have too much time to think about this and be too triste, cause there were already bastante other high-lights waiting for me…Unfortunately my flight from BsAs to IGUASSU was a bit messed up and we had to Emergency Stop in Cordoba for 2 hours to fix the plane before we could continue on to Puerto Iguassu airport… Oh well, back again to Cordoba for a little while… Because I liked it there soo much… ;) hahhaha…
So instead of 9.30am as planned we got into Iguassu airport IGR at 1.30pm, which only left me 5 hours to visit the Argentine and the Brazilian side of the falls…!! Not too much time really, but my guide Noely and driver Fernando were already waiting for me at the airport and we were on our way to the Argentina National Park (www.iguazuargentina.com ) straight away and got there 10 minutes later… Perfect services…!! (organized by 4star and Cuenca… jaja… Thanks Pato… ;)
I had read about, talked about, seen pics and sold tours to those CATARATAS of IGUASSU many, many times already during the last 6 months, but to actually see them in reality myself was totally OTRA COSA…!! WWWOOOOOWWWW….!!
They really are more impressive, amazing, beautiful, espectacular than I had imagined…!!
(me faltan un pocito las palabras para describir como fue…)
pero siiii - muy impresionante…!! Even though Noely told me that after the last 2 weeks without rain they were actually pretty “dry” at the moment and usually carried a lot more water in them….!!
Wow – definitely a reason to come back here again…!!
Spectacular again to see them from the Brazilian side later with an even better all-over Panaromic view…!!
And yes – on the way we had also gone through la frontera (ARG – BRA) and immigration and I am now IN BRAZIL for the VERY FIRST TIME…!!! Great… :)
After a very long and busy day I just spent the night relaxing at my great hotel in Foz do Iguassu and the next morning I had to leave again early to take my 10 hrs bus connection to CURITIBA…
Also a very beautiful journey and I got to see lots of the Brazilian landscape, country-side on the way… And also 3 pretty good movies… Hahha… ;)
Learned a few more Portuguese words from some guys that I met on the bus… Then arrived late that night in Curitiba and again my services there were organized and delivered perfectly… !!
Guide and driver were waiting for me at the but terminal already… Hotel here in Curitiba was nice too, but not as great as in Iguassu and Internet connection not as good…Pero bueno, igual… Pool and sauna were great…!! ;)
And all was made up for the next day anyway when I had a full-day tour of Curitiba, Serro do Mar train ride with lunch in Morretes...!!
Aaaahhh – again I was totally impressed –which really doesn´t happen all that often to me anymore- with this city and even more the beauty of Serro do Mar…!!
Curitiba is Brazil´s Ecological capital and you can really see that everywhere… Lots of green, parks everywhere, very clean city, Brazil´s best recycling system, buildings constructed to be in balance with nature and the environment… It´s really beautiful and I loved this city…
Then even better – in the after noon our tour to Serro do Mar and road-trip along la Estrada de Graciosa to Morretes… Serro do Mar is the Atlantic rainforest - immense and impressive with its endless green and trees and hills and plants and fruits and flowers… Well, a huge rainforest eben… fantastic…!!
After a 45mins drive over the cobble-stone road LA Graciosa we got to the village MORRETES, a little pueblo on a river… Now very popular with tourists and gearing more and more towards serving their needs… We had a great lunch with traditional Brazilian food from this region of the country…
And after looking around Morretes for an hour or so, had to take the train back to Curutiba… WOW, WOW, WOW again…!!
This train-ride through the Atlantic rainforest was very amazing too and just left me with ganas to come back again with much more time to spend in Morretes or hiking / trekking to the rainforest here… hopefully some time soon… :)
Sooo…tomorrow I’m already leaving Curitiba again to go to Blumenau and visit Tati there for 2 days…
Beijinhos from Brazil… xxx
posted by Astrid @ 11:35 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home