Onto Brazil

We took advantage of the new rules to enter Brazil (no visa needed anymore!), and hopped over the border to see the Falls from that side. It was an easy trip - just a short 15-minute taxi ride, few minutes getting our passports stamped and we were in Brazil!

Iguazu Falls on that side was certainly more crowded - or maybe that’s because we foolishly planned our trip for a Saturday - but the views were more impressive. Lush green jungle and neverending waterfalls, it looked like part of Jurassic Park, untouched and beautiful.

The highlight was walking along the boardwalk to see the intense falls so close up, you get soaked from the mist. If there weren’t so many people, it would have been magical.

After the park, we got a taxi into town to experience a small bit of Brazil. We enjoyed a delicious lunch of Coxinhas (a traditional fried dough stuffed with veggies in our case) and shockingly good local river tilapia. Oh and caipirinhas of course. The town was nothing to write home about, but it was fun to have a day’s adventure in Brazil.Read more