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[16 Mar 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
Cataratas Do Iguaçu (Brazil Side)

On our second day, we crossed again to Brazil to visit the other side of the waterfalls. While the Argentinian side allows close-up, the Brazilian side is the grand overview — and what a view! The misty atmosphere made great rainbows too.

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[15 Mar 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Cataratas del Iguazú (Argentinian Side)

On our way back to Argentina, we couldn´t miss the greatest waterfalls in South America: Iguazú.

The falls are located between Argentina and Brazil. The national parks have a total of 275 falls (!), some over 80 meters tall! Basically, just when you think you took the perfect picture, there is another better waterfalls just around the corner.

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[14 Mar 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Beautiful Beaches Of Brazil

By the time we got to Rio de Janeiro, we started to look for plane tickets back home. But they were very expensive, so we knew we had to come back to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.

No worries. We bused back, stopping in Florianópolis and in Curitiba, enjoying the beautiful beaches alon

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[13 Mar 2009 | 11 Comments | ]
Pão de Açúcar

The iconic Sugar Loaf is the best spot in Rio for the thrill of the cable-car ride, for the small hikes on top of the Urca mountain, for the views over Rio and for the sunsets. Lucky us, we got it all!

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[11 Mar 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Copacabana And Ipanema

Rio de Janeiro is most famous for its picture-perfect beaches, mostly Copacabana and Ipanema.