After our long tour of yesterday, we wanted to have a more leisurely day today. We had decided we would go to the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River. Not rushing and having a leisurely breakfast, we would then drive ourselves to the dam and take a tour once there.…
Another early start. Up at 6am for a 7am pick up from the hotel. We are going to spend most of the day visiting “The Falls”. On queue the van arrives and we are two of thirteen, but a family of five Paraguayans, three children and two adults were eventually…
Hotel Bender Hotel Bender was run by a lovely older couple. As well as being a hotel, they ran a small mini type market next to the reception area. During breakfast we decided we should see what the had to offer. Dennis persuaded the wife to make us up a…
Well, that’s an interesting name for a hotel, Hotel Bender, but not a bar in sight. ..:) Priding ourselves for being on the road at 9.15am this morning, turned out to be a nightmare, as 25min later, looking for a drink from my water bottle, realised it, Jen’s bottle and…
Yesterday’s Tour Today I have sore calf muscles. I’m not fit, as have been spending too much time sitting in Poki. Climbing the 880 steep steps back up from the valley floor has taken its toll. Throughout the tour there were plenty of other steps into and out of the…