Brasil - Paraguay - Brasil

Staying in Foz do Iguacu, the town on the Brasillian side of the falls, we hopped over the border once again (we dont cross borders, we hop over them) into Paraguay to spend a day in Ciudad del Este. Sordid, intimidating, tacky and commercial...this is how the Rough Guide book describes Ciudad del Este, the supermarket of South America due to its duty free status. Pretty much anything you can think of is on sale here, at low low prices!

and yes it was a bit of a dump
but we had fun at least finding strange foreign energy drinks (like Pokari Sweat all the way from the far east!)

also of note was the Itaipu hydroelectric dam, at one time the largest in the world (now second). So we had a walk around that, but unfortunately were not allowed inside the huge engine room for reasons unknown (no hablo espanol!)

Back into Brasil for our 4th border crossing in almost as many days, a big pizza covered in brasillian sausage and spicy sauce whilst we talked with the owner.

The fat cockney bastard still snored that night.

The next day a visit to the Parque das Aves, a bird zoo with huge walk-in aviaries, was really cool. Parrots, toucans, ostriches, humming birds, rheas (looked like a dinosaur and have been known to kill humans!!), as well as anacondas, turtles, caiman and other such awesomites.

We chillaxed at our hostel for the afternoon, talking to our brasillian mate about buying an Apple Macbook in Ciudad del Este. Then it was to the off. As we grabbed our bags, the fat cockney shouted:
"On the move? You suckers! You don't know whats good for ya!"

Well, sorry. But some of us have to be out of this continent in a week.

And this twat had only been seen in that chair or snoring in MY bed for the past 4 days.

I have a feeling also that his short chubby legs wouldnt be able to handle the worlds 3rd largest metropolis...SAO PAULO....