Stevo and lel’s adventures

We are now in Iguazu.  Iguazu is an exceptional jungle waterfall area on the Argentinian  /  Brazillain border.  Parque Nacional Iguazu contains a series of gorgeous walkways throughout the jungle designed to provide amazing views and bring you into close contact with nature and the waterfalls. That description really doesntdo it justice. In truth I just  dont have the words to describe properly the place, the sights, the sounds. When I finally get around to posting some pictures you´ll get what I mean.

Okay so we are again in a Sheraton in the Iguazu national park    http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1152&EM=VTY_SI_iguazu_1152_overview.  We arived just after 3pm and after checking into our very comfortable jungle balcony room we headed out to experience the park. The walkways close at 6pm every night and dont open until 8am the next day so we wanted to make the most of what time we had. We chose the Upper circuit (all of the walkways are 5 mins from the hotel!)  this network of steel and bamboo paths lets you enjoy wonderful panoranic fall views. With the jungle on all sides and the sun splittign the trees we felt really close to nature.Well, plant nature not  so much the animals as they are mostly nocturnal however certainly with the beautiful, colourful  plants and flowers  butterflies and birds. There were a few animals, I dont have a name yet for the tame snufflers (as we called them), a racoon kinda creature which is very curious and friendly which would walk right up to you in the hope of a snack.   

We then headed back to our room for some drinks. Once again the Sheraton knowing we were on honeymoon provided some gratis fizz – Chandon this time which Stevo polished off quickly ( I stuck to the Premier Malbec!).  I am, I think turning into an alcoholic!  We ate dinner in the hotel resturant (the only one – you have to go a bit of a distance for another resturant, into the wee town and we were just too tired tonight) however the meal was lovely. Pumpkin soup with balsamic reduction followed by rare sirloin and sauted veg for me and a chicken, beef and corn and cheese (?)  empenadas for stevo with salsa followed by a speciality dish, pork marinated in a wood fired local sauce (sweet) with fried yucca. It was really, really nice, we were stuff ed  🙂

After two flights to get here and much hanging out in airports we crashed early as we were knackered! Tomorrow we have booked a jungle tour and a rapid ride on the Parana river. Were also off to Garganta del diablo (devils throat)  which is a spectacular set of falls you get to via a scenic railway tour and then a river tour back ending with a relax in the hydrothermal pools in the hotel which are meant to replicate the falls  (we´ll see haha!) more later xxx

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