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Iguazu Falls, Argentina
Sunday 28/02/2010
We arrived in Iguassu and jumped straight over the border into Argentina. It was so streamlined, we got on the international bus and the driver actually stopped at both the Brazilian and Argentina border control and waited for us to get back on before continuing. We located an acceptable hostel (don’t ask about the state of the one we’d booked…), put our bags down, showered and came up with a plan of attack. The Falls are part of the Iguassu River which forms the border between Brazil, and Argentina so you can see them for both countries. There was a shuttle leaving for the Brazil side within an hour so we were back on the bus and though border control (lot of smirks from the 18 year old border security…) The falls we absolutely amazing! They are taller and wider than Niagara. So I was awestruck by the scale of them! Underneath them is a walkway so you can feel the spray of the water and actually get up close. I have never seen anything as impressive before and I’m not sure any other waterfall will compare. The Brazilian and Argentina governments have done a fantastic job of preserving the natural beauty of the region. The rainforest that surround remain intact and while there is obvious man-made infrastructure it doesn’t impede too much into the ecosystem. We returned to the hostel for the first bit of home cooking in three weeks. I was incredibly satisfied with my frozen veggie pasta meal; it’s going to be on high rotation (just maybe not back home…)
We got up early, charged to see the falls again. We arrived at the Argentinean side and the moment we stepped in to the park, I could feel it was going to be different. The park is huge!! We got on a train just to make it to the falls. At the top there is a walkway called the devils throat. I basically extend over the top of the falls right to the edge. So you can look straight down at the water pounding below. It was like nothing I’d ever seen. We’d booked a boat ride, which takes you to the bottom of the falls. We eagerly put our lifejackets on climbed into the boat and we were off. I thought we were going to go close, maybe get a bit of splash back but we went right up, water pounding down on us so hard that you couldn’t open your eyes at times. So we’d seen the top and the bottom, the only thing next was to see the scale of how wide it is. We walked along yet another steel walkway, along the length, every turn showed another vista, I think I got a little snap happy. I didn’t know where to point my camera, at the falls, at the hundreds of brightly colored butterflies that flutter past or at the coatis. They are an adorable but cheeky animal that jump around and steal your fruit! I had flask backs to the deer at Miyajima when our bag of plums was pulled to the ground. I let them have it but we were told off by a tourist as though we’d tried to feel the Coatis, plastic and all… We were really lucky I’d been told that it rains 4 out of 7 days a week in Iguassu but there wasn’t a hint of a raincloud the entire time we were there. It was perfect on all accounts.
from: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/kymo/1/1268162589/tpod.html
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