Day 3

The journey from the huge city of Curitiba to Foz Iguacu is over 700 kms. We climbed up onto a plateau of over 3,000 feet making it mercifully cooler as the inside of #7 has been like a Turkish bath. We were in farming country and more than a bit of it felt like middle England with its rolling hills and fields of maize. Some beautiful scenery, fabulous birds and enormous colourful butterflies.

And the car? Well people, I have to tell you, but only in a whisper, that Car#7 had virtually a trouble free day. We had a puncture but the engine ran beautifully. It must have been all the talk of being sent home.

We are 20 kms from Iguacu Falls tonight and tomorrow is a rest day. I see lots of water in our near future.







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  1. Rakers19 February 2013 at 11:04

    We've got our fingers crossed too! We thought you'd run it in on P2P! On the map, it looks down hill all the way so as long as the brakes are ok you should be fine! Love to both. John&Melinda

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  2. Anonymous26 February 2013 at 16:14

    That's me on my Landrover waiting for the Itala to whizz by as Adrain and Barbara fix yet another puncture (in the rain)!

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