Paraguay, on the whole, is a funny place (or at least the little we saw of it). Blonde hair and blues eyes mixed in with people of local guarani origin. Strangely there's also quite a high Asian population, even a Japanese restaurant. The sushi was pretty good. The Yaki soba, however, tasted like instant noodles. Worth a try.
Having seen the ruins we decided to head north through Paraguay rather than back to Argentina and onto Iguazu Falls and take the local bus. The 5-hour trip cost us a quarter what it would in Argentina (about £5). However, the checkpoint and bridge between Paraguay and Brazil was a bit of a nightmare. We started out getting a bus, but abandoned that about a mile from the checkpoint as the traffic was so bad and caught a taxi instead across the bridge into Brazil.
We had a brief 20-minute Brazilian introduction as we were driven through Foz do Iguacu at high speed and onto the border with Argentina and Puerto Iguazu - stamped in and out again within 30 minutes - 3 countries in 30 minutes.
Puerto Iguazu, as you might expect is quite touristy, but appears much nicer than Foz. Looking forward to the falls tomorrow.
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