Sunday 1 April 2018

Iguazu, Brazil then Uruguay.

Iguazu Falls, Brazil then on to Uruguay 

After returning to Argentina to pick up the truck from storage, where it has stood covered in pine needles for the last three months, we headed north along the Uruguay border to the falls. 
It takes 275 separate falls over a distance of 2.7 klm to make up these truly impressive falls.

After the falls we head east to near the coast of Brazil where we 'hang a lefty' and head south to Montevideo, Uruguay. Here we and the vehicle are loaded aboard a Grimaldi freighter and set sail for Antwerp in Belgium.






The falls are epic in their shear size and were just reward for the long drive from Buenos Aires. 
Gael and I have now made our way overland to the three greatest falls in the world. Victoria Falls Africa, Niagara in Canada, and now Iguazu in South America.


Some locals caught on camera just after they attacked a kid for his biscuits.

And the best falls are? I think Victoria, Gael Iquazu. We both agree however that the best falls 'experience' goes to Victoria in Africa. It's just less 'touristy', it's raw!



A German town somewhere in Brazil!!!


Pine forests can be an Overlanders best friend when a quiet night can be hard to find (ANYWHERE) in South America.


Monkey Puzzle trees in all to rare native forest.


If no pine forest, head for the hills! It got pretty windy beside the tower so we found a quarry near by.
Quarries, did I mention they can be an Overlanders best friend?


A cross between a pig, a rat, and a wombat. 


They can spend more money accommodating the dead than the living.


Did I mention about Overlanders and sand dunes?








Yummy.







This little bloke had quite an appetite. We didn't hang around!

2 comments:

  1. Hi Guys, Love the pics you 2 are definitely living my dream

    looking forward to your next trip commentary to go with pics. Cheers Graeme (harsop1 - AULRO)

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  2. Thanks for more amazing pics and thanks for the commentary, where do you both get the energy from?? Overlanding is not easy and can be bloody hard work, I take my hat off to you both, well done. I love the thought of travelling on a Merchant ship it must have been an experience. Cheers Graeme

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