After a comfortable, 18 hours long night-bus ride, I arrived to Puerto Iguazú, the last city in the Provincia de Misiones before the Brazilian and Paraguayan frontier. My first impression of this region was that it is much greener but also a lot poorer than the Provincia de Buenos Aires, where I have lived for almost 5 months.

I stayed there three days in the Hostel Inn Iguazu, which is in fact rather like a real resort hotel with a very big swimming-pool and lots of French guys …. the hostel, and also the whole region is very international, means it is the first place in Argentina where everybody speaks English, of course due to the main tourist attraction here: the Cataratas del Iguazú:

We went there two consecutive days, the first one to see the falls from the Argentine side and the other day to watch them from the Brazilian side. We also took a helicopter to see them from above, a water-boat to get a wet shower from underneath, and you are allowed to swim in the river at a place with only little flow. This natural wonder is absolutely unbelievable and indescribable, the photos only can give you a small glimpse of the size and the tons of litres that are falling down every second. You really HAVE to see this great place once in your life!

I was really impressed by the intactness of the nature, you are really feeling like as if you were at the Amazonas with lots of jungle plants and animals. And also the tropical rain is simply crazy: the sun is shining, and one minute after it is raining in a way I’ve never experienced before, and 10 minutes later the sun comes back again, as if nothing had happened.

By the way, I have fulfilled one of my challenges, because a “remis”-driver asked me whether I am from Argentina (that was such a great feeling). And right now I have just arrived to Salta in the equally named province …. let’s see what expects me here!