Travel From Ba To Posados

[EricBluegrassFiddle]

Bus Service from Retiro 14 hour trip $800 pesos, 10 buses a day.


http://www.virail.co...ones/2015-05-21

Check with a company called "El Rapido Argentino" they usually have some competitive fares heading up to the north east. Posadas is cool....been their twice as one of my good friends is from Missiones. The only city I've ever been to where I saw and experienced a "massive traffic jam" .....and all mopeds, motorbikes and dirtbikes....like thousands of mopeds LOL....it was cool!

By the way the Pirañas are called "Palometas" in the river Parana......might be a Guarani word...

 

[johnw100]

I know some expats and Porteños might think otherwise but Posadas is actually a nice area of Argentina. I`ve travelled a few times around chaco, posadas and upto misiones and iguazu. The city has a nice new very long costanera and a decent shopping area with some decent restaurants. In the campo you have the river and just south west are the Esteros del Iberá, some of the largest wet lands in the world. Bird watchers flock there (excuse the pun) from all over the world.
I`d only stop at San Ignacio ruins if you have time or your interested in that kind of thing, theyre actually not that old only a few hundred years so its not like theyre some mysterious lost civilization. Theres plenty of really nice river beach resorts around there with log cabins where you can go fishing, canoeing,cycling,etc. We stayed in one place that had 2 log cabins in the middle of nowhere about 15mins from posadas. Had monkeys and toucans around the place , something you dont see everyday. I liked it.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

I know some expats and Porteños might think otherwise but Posadas is actually a nice area of Argentina. I`ve travelled a few times around chaco, posadas and upto misiones and iguazu. The city has a nice new very long costanera and a decent shopping area with some decent restaurants. In the campo you have the river and just south west are the Esteros del Iberá, some of the largest wet lands in the world. Bird watchers flock there (excuse the pun) from all over the world.
I`d only stop at San Ignacio ruins if you have time or your interested in that kind of thing, theyre actually not that old only a few hundred years so its not like theyre some mysterious lost civilization. Theres plenty of really nice river beach resorts around there with log cabins where you can go fishing, canoeing,cycling,etc. We stayed in one place that had 2 log cabins in the middle of nowhere about 15mins from posadas. Had monkeys and toucans around the place , something you dont see everyday. I liked it.

I have been to Posadas at least half a dozen times, probably more, and it's simply uninteresting. The Jesuit missions, though, are architectural marvels with an epic history that was dramatized in the film The Mission, and five of them constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/275. That does not include the Paraguayan missions opposite Posadas, which are also extremely well-preserved. I would never choose Posadas as a destination, but the missions can make a stop there worthwhile.

I would choose Iberá as a destination, but it not even in the same province as Posadas, and the road from Posadas can be very difficult (it rained once as I drove, and even in 4WD I was sometimes advancing at a 45° angle; I would never drive that road again - see http://tinyurl.com/knoeps8). It's far easier from the west side city of Mercedes.

 

[HenryNisental]

My mother was born in Posadas, I still have relatives in Montecarlo, Puerto Piraí, Villa Rica, etc.
Oople are very nice tghere, lots of "gringos" immigrantes, like Germans, Ucrainians, Suiss, etc.

 

[johnw100]

I have been to Posadas at least half a dozen times, probably more, and it's simply uninteresting. The Jesuit missions, though, are architectural marvels with an epic history that was dramatized in the film The Mission, and five of them constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/275. That does not include the Paraguayan missions opposite Posadas, which are also extremely well-preserved. I would never choose Posadas as a destination, but the missions can make a stop there worthwhile.

I would choose Iberá as a destination, but it not even in the same province as Posadas, and the road from Posadas can be very difficult (it rained once as I drove, and even in 4WD I was sometimes advancing at a 45° angle; I would never drive that road again - see http://tinyurl.com/knoeps8). It's far easier from the west side city of Mercedes.

Well thats your opinion, I disagree that its uninteresting and thats mine, the Jesuit missions for me were uninteresting . I`ve never watched The Mission so doesnt mean anything to me.

And your being pedantic when you say Posadas isnt even in the same province as Esteros del Iberá , the wetlands are closer to Posadas than San Ignacio.

Anyway, enough of that. Heres some info I came across when I visited the area last time.
http://www.misiones....stino/posadas-5
And facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/MisionesTurismo?fref=photo

 

[EricBluegrassFiddle]

I haven't been to Missiones, in particular "Posadas" since 2008...so I don't know how much it's changed. I tried to get to Paraguay but couldn't. It was the only place I ever visited where I ever saw a traffic jam, a HUGE traffic jam of nothing but mopeds and motorcycles. I like Missiones Province with the sierra and jungle and Pines. San Ignacio I visisted as well as Iguazu.

My good friend is from Obrera Missiones, he just got married to my wife and I's friend from Rosario. Is tall blonde haired blue eyed and has a very German last name....

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Well thats your opinion, I disagree that its uninteresting and thats mine, the Jesuit missions for me were uninteresting . I`ve never watched The Mission so doesnt mean anything to me.

And your being pedantic when you say Posadas isnt even in the same province as Esteros del Iberá , the wetlands are closer to Posadas than San Ignacio.

Anyway, enough of that. Heres some info I came across when I visited the area last time.
http://www.misiones....sadas-5<br />And facebook page
https://www.facebook...ismo?fref=photo

The wetlands, which are part of Corrientes province, are indeed closer to Posadas if you have your own helicopter. Otherwise, the huge detour to Mercedes is probably just as quick. San Ignacio is a short drive away on a smooth paved highway, while Trinidad and Jesús are even closer - just across the river on the Paraguayan side via a modern bridge.

 

[johnw100]

The wetlands, which are part of Corrientes province, are indeed closer to Posadas if you have your own helicopter

or a boat

 

[EricBluegrassFiddle]

or a boat

Paraguay has been kinda on my "doo-doo" list for a while now

I tried to hire a taxi to take me across to Encarnacion Paraguay...got the border crossing on the bridge, got turned around, told to go to the Paraguayan consulate. So I went ehree and showed up, said they be glad to give me a "day pass" or like a temporary "day visa" for like $80 Us dollars. What pay $80 bucks just to go across the river for a few hours? I declined...

Needless to say "el tacho" told me about a guy that runs and illegal ferry across the Parana a few clicks out of town that can get me across for like $20 pesos. But, at that time me and my Colombian friend who was with me....we decided against it for good reason.

Anyways that's my Posadas Paraguay story.

Paraguay and Bolivia are the only 2 I haven't been able to get into yet....

 

[mc kenna]

Love it when stories involve ''few clicks down the river'' and illegal border crossing ohh and a colombian in the picture!! that's how chuck norris' movies starts!!!!come on tell us more.... next time i wanna be there too h34r: