Iguazu Falls

So, after saying goodbye to our parents in Rio we hopped a quick 26 hr bus ride (with no tvs or movies!) to get down to Iguazu which lies on a triple border between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Oddly enough this is was one of our least anticipated major stops on our trip because we had this expectation that it would be a bit boring and that we´d just end up looking at some waterfalls for a few hours and be done. Well, we couldn´t have been more wrong.

Iguazu Falls is a massive complex of literally hundreds of waterfalls all kind of chained together along 2 km of river. There is no place on ground level which allows you to see the whole set of falls at one time, so you have to make your way up and down the river to see the whole thing. And to make it more interesting the falls is split mostly between Brazil and Argentina, with each side containing their own interesting vantage points for viewing the falls. So rather than spending a boring couple of hours looking at some waterfalls we spent 2 days hiking around the parks on both sides. I could try and remember some of the details about the falls, but you´re better off just googling or checking on wikipedia, so lets just see some pics …

After our couple days in Iguazu we continued south to Buenos Aires where we are now, unfortunately we haven´t done a whole lot here the past couple days because Chels hasn´t been feeling too well so we are resting up at the moment and should be back on the trail shortly.