As it turned out the bus journey to the border wasn't quite as bad as expected. It was still 6 hours from Paraty to Sao Paulo with another 3 hours wait there, but the bus from Sao Paulo to the border was just about the 'plushest' bus i've seen yet. Two seats on on side of the isle and only one on the other - so I had a true single seat. The seats were almost twice the size of normal seats and super padded. So in short a comfy ride. And, whats more we made it to the border in only 15 hours rather than the 18 expected.

Me At Iguacu Falls

Anyway, not wanting to sound like some strange "bus fanatic" but its amazing how such small things can mean so much when you've been away a while.

The reason for heading inland via this route was to visit Iguacu falls. I must admit that I have seen LOTS of falls on my travels, but it must be said that these really are worth the effort.

The falls can be viewed from both the Brasilian side and the Argentinian side. From Brasil you are just a little further away from the falls, but this does given a better overall panoramic view. In Argentina its "up close and personal" and almost a guarantee to end up soaked.

Gargantua Diablo: "Devils Throat"

Rather than stop at the Brasilian falls on the way through (after a long night bus) I decided to head straight through to Argentina and come back to the Brasilian side as a day trip. And as everyone had told me, they are truely spectacular.

I've already posted pictures from the Brasilian side into the Brasilian gallery and i'll do the same for Argentina soon. The next hop is a reasonably short one, 6 hours south to Posadas to visit the Jesuit Missions at San Ignacio.