place.

We were buzzing with excitement at the thought of going to Argentina and seeing the falls from the opposite side. The Argentine side is supposed to offer less spectacular overall views but gets you closer to the star of the show the Garganta del Diablo, via a series of boardwalks. That treat would be saved for a couple of days time and in the meantime we had to head back to the hostel, empty all of the camera cards and pack as tomorrow we would be leaving Brasil and heading to Argentina for what could be a very long time.

Again we were up fairly early and after breakfast took the free bus down to the main road. Again we got accosted by a friendly taxi driver who gave us a deal we couldn’t refuse. He offered to take us to our hostel in Argentina for about 5 dollars more than it

would cost us if we took the public bus! It would save a lot of hassle, especially with those pesky turnstiles and it would save us an enormous amount of time. It was really strange taking a taxi to another country, granted it was only around 10 miles maximum to our hostel but it was still a little odd all the same. We pulled up at the immigration point and went into the building where we got our exit stamp then got back into the taxi, who drove up to a window then we handed our passports to the driver and he gave them to the man behind the window, the next thing we had our passports back and a 3 month entry stamp for Argentina, and it was as simple as that! We also stopped off at the duty free shop in the hope of buying an new Ipod but it wasn’t to be, I was too be Ipod-less for longer than I would have liked.

We were very much looking forward to Argentina but we a little worried that we may