There is but one reason travellers come to Foz do Iguacu (Brazilian side) and Peurto Iguazu (Argentinian side) and that is to see the mighty waterfalls. Basalt was spewed out of mother earth at different rates back several million years ago to provide roughly three different platforms. Water from the Iguazu River then flows in rather large quantities down these large steps to provide us tourists with picturesque views. The Brazilian side provides more of an overview of the falls from above whereas the Argentinian side allows you to get up close and very personal with the falls.

I had high expectations following viewing of Mr Osman's happy snaps of the falls and I can definitely say that I wasn't disappointed. I spent one night on the Brazilian side followed by two nights on the Argentine side in order to get a full day in each. The Argentine side was difinitely better and included getting wet to the bone on the boat ride where they whisked us under some of the smaller falls. It was an amazing experience. There was water flying into you from several directions and you couldn't open your eyes due to the speed of the water as it crashed down from the ledge above.

Apart from getting soaked one could meander along the top of the falls and appreciate the sheer volume of water as it crashed over the edge. My old hydraulics lecturer Stevie Thrills would get mighty excited if he ever saw this spectacle! There was some wildlife in the lush forest here too. Unfortunately I didn't get to see any pumas but there were plenty of racoons and butterflies. The racoons were pests and the butterflies were like mosies in such numbers you had to swat them away, but they were beautiful all the same.

This place is definitely one of the highlights of my four months and you don't have to be a hydraulics nerd like my old lecturer to love this place. Now, onto Rio......