Sunday 24^th February – Iguazu trip.

Got off the ship at 11-45am and took the shuttle bus to the terminal. There is another big ship embarking, so there are people everywhere.

Eventually we saw a man holding up an “Ashworth” sign and got into a taxi for what was a five minute trip to the main bus station…We were given our tickets and told that our bus would leave at 2-15pm from somewhere between gates 37 to 55! He also warned us to take care as pick-pockets roam the bus station, so we spent the next two hours sitting with our luggage!

When our bus arrived, we found out that seats numbered 11 and 12 were not downstairs but were actually upstairs… as Ellie will testify the upstairs of one of these busses can “move around a bit” so we were a little unhappy - especially as we had booked downstairs tickets months ago.

Ian phoned “Audley” in Buenos Aires who couldn’t do anything about it but promised to see what they could do for the return trip on Monday night.

The journey was fine and Nesta took a sleeping tablet so did manage to sleep.

 

Monday 25^th February – Iguazu trip.

Arrived at 7-30am and took a taxi to the Sheraton Hotel, which is inside the national park, and checked into our day room.

Set off immediately to catch the train to the “Devil’s Mouth”. The weather was very hot and humid even at 9am.

We then walked the upper and lower circuits and had over four hours exploring the falls. They weren’t as big as we were expecting but they were certainly spectacular!

When we got back to our room there was a bottle of wine in there from “Audley” so we had a shower, a glass or two of wine, followed by our included lunch overlooking the falls and then had a sleep!!

We decided not to get the boat to underneath the falls and when we saw the plight of Tom and Jerry-Lou from the ship when they returned, felt it was a good idea! They were drenched to the skin and faced the prospect of travelling back to the ship in wet clothes… Oh well! Jerry-Lou bought new shorts and a t-shirt but Tom decided to “man” it out and travel damp!

At 4pm we received a phone call from the agent who said she had managed to transfer us onto another bus back to Buenos Aires which had downstairs seats available. We were collected from the hotel at 6pm and taken to the bus station for our 7pm departure.

Journey was good if a bit alcoholic! At 8pm the steward came round and asked if we wanted a whiskey… we were then served a 3 course meal at 9pm and at 10pm he came round again with glasses of champagne! We both slept well!

 

                    There's a lot of water!

                         Don't stand too near the edge!

                                        D'oh!!

Well, we thought we'd spent a long time on coaches - we needed a picture! Still smiling...