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| − | {{Blog|1=We arrived in Foz do Iguaçu about 9:30am and got a taxi to our pousada to drop of all our gear. The bus trip was about 17 hours I think but it was comfortable and we were all able to get a fair bit of sleep on the way. Luckily our rooms hadn't been previously occupied so we were able to go in to them straight away and have a shower etc. | + | {{Blog|1=We arrived in [[:Category:Foz do Iguaçu|Foz do Iguaçu]] about 9:30am and got a taxi to our pousada to drop of all our gear. The bus trip was about 17 hours I think but it was comfortable and we were all able to get a fair bit of sleep on the way. Luckily our rooms hadn't been previously occupied so we were able to go in to them straight away and have a shower etc. |
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| − | We decided that since the weather was a bit drizzly and we were off to a late start it would be best to go to the bird park first. I was kicking myself because I really wanted to get some awesome shots of the birds and butterflies this time but I left the camera at home and Dad's one isn't very good for high quality close shots :-( The falls on the Brazilian side are nothing special compared to the Argentinian side, but the bird park is awesome! there's many exotic birds like Macaws and Tucans and you can go right into the enclosures with them! | + | We decided that since the weather was a bit drizzly and we were off to a late start it would be best to go to the bird park first. I was kicking myself because I really wanted to get some awesome shots of the birds and butterflies this time but I left the camera at home and Dad's one isn't very good for high quality close shots :-( The falls on the Brazilian side are nothing special compared to the Argentinian side, but the bird park is awesome! there's many exotic birds like Macaws and Tucans and you can go right into the enclosures with them! The last row of pictures below are from our previous trip here a couple of years ago since we had our good camera with us that time, and also the queue to hold the blue Macaw looked to be about an hour long! |
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| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 1.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 2.jpg|169px]]</td> | ||
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| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 7.jpg|224px]]</td> | ||
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| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 18.jpg|452px]]</td> | ||
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| + | <td>[[File:Tucan2.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[File:Red macaw.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[File:Beth holding macaw.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
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| + | It's not only birds though, they also have a reptile area with snakes, crocodiles and lizards, and a really cool butterfly and humming bird enclosure that you can go into and be surrounded by many colourful butterflies which often land on you. Unfortunately we couldn't get any decent shots with the small snapshot camera, but I managed to get one of a big blue butterfly that landed on a guys shoe :-) The last shot below was actually taken on our land, but I've added it here because it's one of the kinds that were in the enclosure (and also there was space for one more photo!) | ||
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| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 14.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
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| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 17.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[File:Foz bird park 20.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[File:Orange_and_yellow_butterfly_1.jpg|300px]]</td> | ||
| + | </tr></table> | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, 22 March 2014
We arrived in Foz do Iguaçu about 9:30am and got a taxi to our pousada to drop of all our gear. The bus trip was about 17 hours I think but it was comfortable and we were all able to get a fair bit of sleep on the way. Luckily our rooms hadn't been previously occupied so we were able to go in to them straight away and have a shower etc.
We decided that since the weather was a bit drizzly and we were off to a late start it would be best to go to the bird park first. I was kicking myself because I really wanted to get some awesome shots of the birds and butterflies this time but I left the camera at home and Dad's one isn't very good for high quality close shots :-( The falls on the Brazilian side are nothing special compared to the Argentinian side, but the bird park is awesome! there's many exotic birds like Macaws and Tucans and you can go right into the enclosures with them! The last row of pictures below are from our previous trip here a couple of years ago since we had our good camera with us that time, and also the queue to hold the blue Macaw looked to be about an hour long!
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It's not only birds though, they also have a reptile area with snakes, crocodiles and lizards, and a really cool butterfly and humming bird enclosure that you can go into and be surrounded by many colourful butterflies which often land on you. Unfortunately we couldn't get any decent shots with the small snapshot camera, but I managed to get one of a big blue butterfly that landed on a guys shoe :-) The last shot below was actually taken on our land, but I've added it here because it's one of the kinds that were in the enclosure (and also there was space for one more photo!)
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