Our crossing of two borders went suprisingly smoothly and it wasn't the crossing of doom as predicted by the increasingly inacurate guide book. We booked into a nice and comparatively cheap residencial and went out to grab food and provisions for lunch the following day.

Up early in the morning and the sky was a deep blue colour, the leaves on the trees were tinged with a lovely autumnal hue and we were off to visit some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. Now I dont think I could have planned a better way to celebrate our six month wedding anniversary if I had tried. We decided to visit the falls on our own rather than taking an organised tour. This turned out to be a good decision as the groups were at least 30 strong and full of strangely white gloved and massive sun shaded snap happy Japanese. We managed to get ahead of these behemoth groups so we could view the falls and stop when we wanted. The previous days rain meant that the falls were slightly more full than usual for this time of the year and with the bright sunshine and blue skys there were rainbows appearing from the spray at all angles. The falls themselves are split over the two neighbouring countries of Brazil and Argentina with views from the Brazilian side being more panoramic and from our Argentinian viewpoint we had the more close up dynamic view. To make the most of the falls you are best to take a trek along the walkways and paths to the pre-determined viewpoints BEFORE they fill up with Japanese and Americans! The views are amazing and its hard to appreciate the amount of water pouring over the falls until you get up close. We decided that simply viewing them from the walkways was not close enough for us and we needed a slightly damper viewpoint. So we took the vastly overpriced trip in a speedboat to the foot of one of the largest cascadas in the falls. We thought it would simply blast you up there at high speed into the mist and spray for a refreshing cooling down. The clue should have been in the fact we were given watertight drybags for our valuables and the cap'n of the vessle was wearing full sowesters in 30 degree heat! The boat went right under the torrent of water. There is so much water falling that there is no breathable air and the noise is deafening and just in case you aren't soaked enough from you first dunking they do it again but further in the second time! After our shower we took the more sedate and free boat over to the island in the middle of the falls to dry out in the sun and be "oh so British" with our packed lunch of finest water biscuits with blue cheese and freshly cut tomatoes! After looking around the island we headed back to take the short minnature train ride out to Gargantua del Diablo (the devils throat) above the falls. After speedily walking past the mass tourists we arrived at the top of the falls where you can look straight down into the foamy abyss below. The spray falls like heavy rain as you stare over the railings and the sight of the water is almost hypnotising. It was at this point the masses arrived and we made a sharp exit. If you are ever in South America then you must visit these falls. They are truly spectacular and will leave a lasting impression. It aslo makes a very good spot to celebrate 6 months of marriage!