"traveler2007" wrote in message
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I should say thanks for the replies and I guess the criticism goes with
it.
Before I ever posted here, we were considering Argentina, Uruguay and
Brazil, but decided it was too much for one vacation. So we limited
the trip to 2 countries.
I am not making the reservations myself, so I am relying on a travel
agent for some advice. I don't recall if we were intending to go from
Montevideo to the falls or Buenos Aires first, then the falls. In any
event, from what I've heard, the view of the falls is better from the
Brazilian side and without a visa, I can't cross the border.
With only four days/three nights scheduled in Argentina, I was not
interested in shuffling around like a refugee with or without baggage
to go to the falls, watch the water come down and say "ooh, wow" and
say I've been there. It is not much different from seeing any other
major falls or an active volcano or the like.
I may have gotten the plane situation wrong, but whether it was a
'puddle jumper' or 747, I was not going to go from Montevideo one
night, to Buenos Aires the next, hop on a plane the next day fly to the
falls, then fly back the day after back to B.A. That hardly
constitutes relaxation. I could have that much stress on the New York
City subway system for much less money.
As for the quality of the hotels, someone snidely said they had better.
Maybe you did. maybe you never left your home and are just saying
that. I'll never know and maybe that is the beauty of cyberspace.
I can look up internet reviews which I have done already. I was just
asking people in this group if anyone knew of these places.
You're welcome for my own input, and thinking back, I don't think I was
critical; I didn't know the hotels you mentioned, and recommended some that
I knew from having stayed at them.
About Iguazú: If you go there on some future trip, here's what I tell
people: You SEE the falls better from Brazil, since that majority are on the
Argentine side of the river and you see much of that panorama only from
Brazil, but you FEEL the falls better in Argentina, where you are hardly
more than an arm's length from some of them. If you were to visit the falls
and only see them from one side, it wouldn't really matter; the experience
is a memorable one, and if you don't have the other half of it you don't
know what you've missed (and therefore don't miss it).
Enjoy your trip!
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