Not sure if this place is on the list, but it should be considered a natural wonder of the world.

We flew into Puerto Iguazu from BA on Tuesday morning and spent the night at a really cool hostel called Marco Polo Inn. The bus ride there from the airport was rather interesting - we got a tour of the city as we dropped off each person at their hostel before finally getting to our stop last. The roads are windy dirt roads some of which are not wide enough for two way traffic, meaning the bus had to reverse down some of them. Iguazu is very green and tropical and palm trees litter the sides of the road. From an aerial view, the city looks like a tiny speck surrounded by dense jungle.

First thing Wednesday morning, we caught the bus out to the national park. The entry fee is 170 pesos per person, so about $34. Brent was on a mission to get to Diablo - the biggest waterfall - before the crowds, so we rushed through the gates to catch the mini train to the entry point of the walkway to reach Diablo. The walkway traverses over running parts of the river from island to island. From the walkway we saw turtles and birds duck diving into the water to catch fish. As you approach Diablo the waterfall sound gets louder and the number of soaking wet people returning the other way increases. From the last island you can begin to see Diablo. A number of falls drop-off hundreds of meters in close proximity - the result is an immense cascade of water and splash back and you can stand meters from the top of one of the falls and look down! Some of the falls with less water hurtling over the edge have plant life growing along the cliff face, others are just huge quantities of water tumbling over the side and crashing down into an invisible bottom. I don´t think any words or pictures can really describe the real beauty and magnificence of the place - it´s one you have to see to believe.

The rest of the park is a series of walkways which provide different aspects of different waterfalls in the park. We spotted some iguanas, giant ants, spiders and cheeky coatis which were not human-shy at all and stole lunches out of unsuspecting people´s hands or off tables in the cafes throughout the park. The coatis are strange looking with long snouts kind of like a dog and long bushy tails like possums. Wikipedia advises that these animals are members of the racoon family.

After 6 hours in the park, we had had enough. It was super hot and we stank of dried sweat and were dying for a shower but alas, we had to settle for a change of clothes at the airport and a shower in a can.

Over the next 14 hours we caught three planes and slept on a metal bench in Santa Cruz airport for 6 hrs before arriving in cold and misty La Paz desperate for a shower!