day 341 – km 21956

puerto iguazu (argentina)  – paraguay & brasilian side of the itaipu dam - foz do iguazu (brasil) – puerto iguazu (argentina)

(100km in the car)

this dam is a quiet impressive project. not only the building itself, the ecological / economical impact on the area, the fact that it was realized in a time of 3 military regimes, the fact that paraguay uses only 7% of it´s 50% share on the “produced” energy (and has to convert the frequency to sell it back to brasil where it covers 20% of the “energy consumption”)

the waterfalls on the brasilian side are nice to see (as you get a good overview of the whole area), but it is more expensive the argentinian side and you are more in some sort of tourist machinery.