Since we hadn’t had a late night we decided Day 5 was the time to see sunrise at Copacabana. Alarm set for 5am and we were out for a run along Copacabana.

The paths through the city are so good for runners and bikes so we headed to the North East end of the beach then looped back. The setting was amazing and it was class to see all the local beach volleyball teams out doing their practise sessions while it was ‘cool’, only 27degrees…

We grabbed breakfast, packed the bags up and said goodbye to Rio – and boy were we sad about it!!

Loads of people had told us Rio felt unsafe and didn’t have lots going on outside the tourist stuff but we really didn’t feel that. Like any new city we were pretty careful about where we went and what we took with us but that was a given. The beach and the city together is so cool, it made Laura really think of Barcelona a lot.

Two hours later we were over at Tres Fronteras, the three point connection of Brazil 🇧🇷, Argentina 🇦🇷 and Paraguay 🇵🇾 . The three countries are divided by the Paraná River and the Iguazu River which meet here. Just before they do there is a huge waterfall called Iguazu Falls which was the main reason for us heading over here.

Because of flight times we flew into the Brazilian side then crossed the border into Argentina and checked in to our hotel. Day 5 was a bit broken up and we would have to wait till tomorrow to see the falls. We took a walk into Puerto Iguaçu, grabbed some Argentinian Pesos, strolled around Puerto Iguaçu and of course tried some Argentinian steak while Laura stuck with the pizza.

The town was quite small and seemed new to the tourist side of things compared to the Brazilian side.

Another early start for Day 6 as we only had one day to visit the falls so we had to do the Brazilian side and Argentinian side in the same day. Laura picked out the most amazing breakfast spot at the Belmond Hotel which over looks the falls. Two, maybe three courses later and a few Bloody Mary’s in us we were stuffed!

Then to top it off we found out that since we had booked breakfast at the hotel we got free entry to the rest of the park and could head out straight away before the gates opened to the rest of the visiting crowds.

We strolled along the boards and headed into the ‘Devils Throat’ as it’s known where the tallest section of the falls is, it’s safe to say we got absolutely drenched here. With every gust of wind there was another cloud of spray covering us. None of the photos we took can do the falls any kind of justice but they were incredible and that’s all we can say, especially since there was barely another sole around while we were there.

As the crowds came in we left and headed to the Argentinian side. It’s safe to say the walks in the park here are far more set up for tourists and there was lots of different routes to do. We walked as much of it as we could but it was very busy and unfortunately the section nearest the ‘Devils Throat’ on this side was destroyed by floods late last year.

We really enjoyed the whole day, both sides were great but if we had to pick one that was better it would be the Brazilian side, the breakfast and the walk basically on our own was really cool.

We headed back to the hotel, rested up by the pool. Me is the shade and Laura roasting in the sun, 40degrees at this stage 😰

That evening we walked down to the Tres Fronteras and then grabbed some food in a little Mexican in town.

There wasn’t a lot going on in the town so we went to the rooftop bar at the hotel and chilled writing some blog stuff with a beer 🍺

G&L xx