All packed and we are ready to fly to Iguaçu tomorrow. We booked
a flight from RIO galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport with Gol Linhas
Aéreas Inteligentes S.A [in short GOL Airlines].
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| On our way to Iguazu |
We were too excited and decided to go to the airport early and since we
wanted to use the public transport system while travelling to the airport we
left our apartment around 11 AM although the flight was scheduled to depart at
16.55. It was a domestic flight.
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| Our ride to Iguazu |
We booked a triple size room [room for three] for two nights through booking.com and we had to pay R$ 130 and R$ 10 for City Tax per
stay [total R$ 140 which is equivalent to US$ 36 and BDT 3,050].
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| We are on our way.... |
The name of our hotel was Pousada Recanto and it was a family run
boutique style hotel and the buffet breakfast was included for two. Since we
will be staying outside for most of the time we were not so concern about the
quality of our hotel.
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| Just landed at Iguazu International Airport |
Anyway we took the flight from Tom Jobim International Airport and it
took around 2 hours to reach Iguazu International Airport. We landed around
19.00 at the airport and decided to take a bus from the airport. Since English
is not their main language it took a while for us to find the appropriate bus.
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| At Iguazu International Airport |
Luckily there was an Asian volunteer who took the same flight to Iguazu [who visited Iguazu before] and he helped us find a bus. We took the bus from the airport however we had no
idea about where to get off. We asked several other passengers about the hotel
however most of them had no idea since most of the passengers are tourist like
us.
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| Home for next two nights |
There was a passenger in the bus who greatly helped us find our hotel. He
was a bus driver by profession and knows every part of the city.
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| Dinner |
Anyway we reached our hotel by 20.30 and checked in. Since we had our lunch
early we decided to take our dinner. Our hotel owner informed us that there is
a nearby shopping mall where we can find some restaurants.
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| Large Pastel for me |
We went to the restaurant and ordered some foods. I love Pastel so I
ordered two large size pastels. Foods at Iguazu were a bit expensive especially
fast foods.
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| In front our hotel |
Anyway since we will have to cover a lot of areas tomorrow and new to
the city we decided to go back to our hotel and make a detail plan. On our way
to our room we asked the hotel owner about our plan for tomorrow. He gave us a
clear idea about the route we should take.
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| At RIO galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport |
We were instructed to go the dining area for the buffet breakfast in
the morning and the owner showed us the dining room.
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| Iguazu from above |
We decided to go to bed early as we wanted to cover two large areas. One
is the falls itself and the other one is a bird’s park which is known as Parque
Das Aves not too far away from the Iguazu Water Falls.
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| Bird's Eye View of Iguazu |
< To Be Continued >
