Answer: Iguazu FallsConsisting of 275 individual falls (actually, the number varies depending on the water level), stretching across 2.7 kilometers and at a maximum height of 82 meters, Iguazu Falls is one of the largest and most impressive waterfalls in the world. In fact, it is so impressive that last year, it was voted as one of the "New 7 Wonders of Nature" (click the link to see the complete list: http://nature.n7w.com/).Like the more well-known Niagara, Ig...

I've always been fascinated by the jungle. As a kid, I went on many camping trips, sometimes with the boy scouts, sometimes with a small group of friends. But always secretly hoping to see wild animals. Sometimes I would get "lucky" and come across a wild boar here, a monitor lizard there. But spending the last 4 days in the Pantanal - the world's largest region of marshlands, alive with all kinds of animals - is like combining all those camping trips...

But before I get to that, let me give a brief description of Bonito - the town where we spent 2 nights en route to the Pantanal. It was not in the original plan to stop by this sleepy town (not like we had a real plan...), but as we could only start our Pantanal experience a little later, it was suggested for us to spend a couple of days in Bonito.It's a small town somewhere in the middle of Brazil - as far as you can get from the coast where we had spent ou...

Picture this: You're standing on top of a mountain, over 500 meters above ground. You're at the edge of the cliff and below, you see a beautiful golf course spread over thousands of square meters. Beyond that, a long stretch of white sandy beach and then, it's the ocean. Your heart is pounding, your mind conflicted - jump or not to jump? You literally have a few seconds to decide - whether to run full speed towards the edge of the cliff into nothi...

Nope, I'm not referring to the monkeys on the island, although there are quite a few curious-looking ones (at least to us). For those who were fortunate enough to grow up during the advent of personal computers and computer games (remember 5.25-inch floppy disks and "CGA" monitors?), you would have heard of the awesome computer game by Lucas Arts. It's basically centered around Guybrush Threepwood, the main character and wannabe pirate, who explores var...