Friday, July 18, 2008

Concordia

The river ferry to Concordia only took an hour and so again we had a full day to check out the small town before getting another overnight bus direct to Iguasu Falls at 19:30 that evening. It was a very fustrating, roundabout journey to the bus terminal though - we had to ask four different locals for directions and buses - and just like everywhere in the world we got four conflicting sets of directions! When we did get to the terminal we bought tickets from the fantastically friendly bus operator (who had perfect English), left our rucksacks at the bus company office and then had the whole day to stroll about.

First stop, after a light breakfast, was a nice open park with lots of joggers and cyclists, that had a small botantic garden, and impressive ruins of an old colonial house. Then we caught a local bus back into the town centre and relaxed in a trendy bar on the main square (after getting some cash I also checked out the main church on the square, and had a quick look in the modern art gallery).

Then another leisurely bus ride back to the bus terminal, picked up our rucksacks and boarded the luxury overnight bus for Iguasu Falls.

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