Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Argentina (again)!



Montevideo - The Porche garage was round the corner

We went from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay where we only stayed for one night.  It is a funny city, a real mix of rich and poor.  We walked past a Porche garage then saw a Horse and cart on the same street.  There’s lots of people sleeping rough and living in little homemade tents too, it made me feel very lucky to have everything we have.  The town itself was beautiful though with the same sort of architecture as Buenos Aires.  We got to the bus station ready to get a bus to Sau Paulo in Brazil but there wasn’t one until the following week!  A quick check of the guide book and we decided Brazil would have to wait for another trip and headed up to Iguacu Falls in Argentina.  It took 3 buses and about 24 hours to get there but it was worth it as the falls were amazing.  They are huge and really beautiful.  We got a little train up to the Devil’s Throat which is the main attraction; it’s the biggest waterfall and is just phenomenal.  The water is so loud you can’t hear each other and we got soaked with the spray! Tim had the biggest steak I have ever seen in Puerto Iguacu, it was about 25 ounces and filled with bacon, cheese and tomato and about 3 inches thick.  Even Tim struggled with it but he did manage to finish it and his chips then we waddled home for a rest!

Iguacu Falls

The devil's throat

From there we headed to Paraguay, another very long bus journey with a strange arrangement at the border where they let you through, drop you off in town (which is full of dodgy looking Paraguayans)  then you have to walk back to get your passport stamped, then catch another bus to the bus station!  As we drove up to Asuncion, the capital, neither of us were very taken with Paraguay and decided it wasn’t for us.  So, at the bus station we got another bus straight up to Salta in Argentina (via a 10 hour wait in Corrientes).  We just can’t get enough of those steaks!  We have just been chilling out in Salta for the last couple of days, getting ready for the next bus journey to Bolivia and enjoying the sunshine (and more steaks and red wine!)

Yum Yum- Malbec and Steaks

Steak! This is nothing compared to Tim's from the previous night though!