Iguaçu Falls

So leaving Buenos Aires I headed for the Puerto Iguazu and the boarder. Within 30 minutes of being in P. Iquazu I had my Brazilian Visa. That's right... It only took them 15 minutes to process my visa application and I was on my way. Instead of spending a night in Argentina I jumped on a bus for Brazil. First stop, Foz do Iguaçu. Iguazu, or Igauçu, depending on which side of the border you are on, is a large group of waterfalls that straddle the Argentina-Brazil border. However, before I could see the falls I had to meet up with Mike, who was flying in from Rio the following day.


Together Again

The day after, Mike and I headed to the Brazilian side of the falls. They are supposed to be the less impressive side so we decided to do them first. Also, we went out drinking the night before so getting up early and heading to Argentina wasn't likely. There we were warned of the rabid raccoons that stalked the area. Raccoons in South America? My ass! They were some brown coati looking things, not raccoons by far. The Brazilian side of the falls only took about 2 hours to explore, not too impressive.


Our racoons can kick your racoons' asses!!


Mike and Stephanie... at least I think it was Stephanie


Mike loves Rainbows!

The following day, today, we managed to get ourselves on a tour to the Argentinean side. This side is supposed to be far more impressive because the majority of the falls lay on this side. In Brazil you can only see the largest fall, the Devil's Throat. Yup, probably the third Devil's Throat I have seen in South America. Apparently he gets around. The tour took all day, however, do to the fact that it was the dry season, many of the minor falls were either mere trickles or dried out all together. However, the view of the Devil's Throat was far superior. I actually took a movie of the falls, much more impressive than the pictures, but have no idea how to host it on Blogger, so no movie for you.


The Splendor


Devil's Throat


I finally have someone to take pictures of!


Downstream


Always celebrate a successful tour with a drink.

Besides all the natural beauty of the falls, there were also some amusing signs... at least I think they are amusing... THEY ARE AMUSING.


Do not feed the animals hamburgers!


The railings are NOT for limbo.


Do not teleport into falling rocks.


Please do not hump the railings.


Absolutely no dancing in the park.


That means on the stairs too.

Well now I am off the Rio to visit Mike's brother... my last stop on this trip.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!