Visiting Iguazu Falls

One of many great shots of the falls. I just got back to Buenos Aires after a quick 3 day trip to Iguazu Falls. The falls themselves were pretty surreal. It kept building on itself where I at first thought, alright, those are some pretty cool waterfalls, but what’s all the fuss? I mean, it was a bit wider than usual… and then you keep walking and realized the scope of the whole thing. It got bigger and bigger, and finally, seeing Devils throat from both the Argentine and Brazil (yeah! go brazilian visa!) side were awe inspiring. After getting doused in the falls with Jonas (Switzerland) and Martinde (Netherlands)… Some other ‘highlights’ - Overnight bus journeys both ways. On the way there, I got champaign, wine and whisky, which masked some of the crappy food. On the way back, I switched bus companies, and got stuck beneath an apparently unfixable leak from the air conditioner that dropped cold water on me ALL night. Kind of like the Argentine version of Chinese water torture. - Met lots of travelers from Europe, Israel, Canada, and the US. Trading stories was awesome. - Left my glasses on the bus upon arriving in Puerto Iguazu. the story: had to chase it down on foot, with all my luggage, plead with a passing truck to help, hopped in the truck bed and lost my flip-flops, but in the end caught the bus on the other end of town, and hoofed it back barefoot. - Met some Brazilian girls on the Brazil side, and breathed a sigh of relief to be conversing in Portuguese. They took me to an exotic animal zoo and I got to hold snakes and parrots, and see lots of exotic birds. Brazilians win the prize for friendliness. My new Brazilian friends at the falls.