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Hello again. Here we are at the Iguazu falls some of the most spectacular in the world. We have visited both the Argentine side and today crossed over into Brazil to see them from there as well.
We are staying at Puero Iguazu in a really plush hotel which is only 100 metres from where argentina, brazil and paraguay meet at the confluence of the rios iguazu and parana. Puerto Iguazu is only a small town existing as both a fronter post and a base for tourists who visit the falls. So there isnt much to say about the town except it has plently of bars and we went to a Milonga last night, a milonga is a tango dance evening. Our tango dancing was a little rusty but we had a good time even though we left before the end as we had had a long day falls watching!
The falls are absolutely fantastic. Yesterday on the argentinian side the weather was beautiful and we spent hours wondering up and down the kms of walkways that offer superb views of the falls from the top and bottom. We also took a boat into the mist at the bottom of the falls and got absolutely drenched. By far the most spectacular of the falls is the devils cauldren where water pours over the edges of a very tight horseshoe of basalt. Although the view and sensation was dramatic from the top on the argentinian side by far the best viewpoint of the cauldren was from the Brazilian side which we visited today. The Brazilian side has less paths but they offer fantastic views and at one point it was difficult to know whether we were being soaked by the rain or the mist from the falls. Either way we got very wet as it rained all day.
As well as the falls the wild life on both sides is easy to see and very varied. The whole area is a national park/reserve. We saw capaccino monkeys, giant grass hoppers and ants, racoons loads of birds and thousands of butterflies of all colours and sizes. They were everywhere.
We can´t think of any more words to describe how wonderfull the falls were. Just look at the photos in the Iguazu album
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