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photo credit: The view of the waterfalls is better from the Argentine side, but if you are coming into Brazil before a long bus journey to the east coast, it’s not a bad idea to stop at Foz do Iguacu for a day or two.
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Daytime
The waterfalls… duh. Grab a bus to the falls (admission: ~$13) from the bus station. Lots of restaurants and shops line Av Brasil.
Nightlife
Foz Star Restaurant is a nice Chinese restaurant two blocks up the hill from Hostel Bambu at the corner of R Edmundo de Barros and R Marechal Deodoro de Fonseca. Good luck understanding the menu.
The nightlife here is supposed to be much better than Puerto Iguazu but I didn’t get to stay for the weekend..
Sleep
Hostel Bambu (Rua Edmundo de Barros 621)
30 reals/night for dorm room (click here for dollar conversation). Nice hostel with comfortable rooms and seriously chill staff. Wireless internet, kitchen, pool, and lockers.
Other Cities In Brazil
Related Resources:
Brazil Guidebook
If you're only going to visit only Brazil then I recommend you get this guide, which is far more detailed than the continental guide below, with options that cater to a range of budgets instead of only the shoestring backpacking crowd. Also it gives more respectable treatment to small cities and towns that the larger guide breezes over with a paragraph or two.
South America On A Shoestring Guidebook
This is the guidebook that I used in my six month trip in South America. The maps are excellent, the information is complete and thorough, and the reviews are accurate, which is why it's often called "the bible" by many travelers. The only problem is that everyone else has this book so if you are the type of person that wants to hit the isolated small towns you will be disappointed. My advice is to use this book for its maps and information on getting from city to city, but talk to the locals and other travelers for those isolated gems that Lonely Planet for some reason didn't find worthy to include.
Brazilian Portuguese Phrasebook
Brazilians don't speak Spanish! The language of Brazil is Portugese since it was the empire of Portugal that colonized them in the 16th century. Luckily Spanish and Portuguese are similar enough that most Brazilians will understand you if you speak slowly in Spanish, but if you want to better communicate with them then you'll need to do some studying. It's tough to find a good Portuguese textbook so this phrasebook and dictionary is good enough to get you started. Most useful is the pronunciation guide with common phrases to get around, order at restaurants, and secure lodging.
