Iguazu

Went to the Argentinian town right in the North near Iguazu falls. Top layed back place where we saw jungle and again for the first time in weeks.

Stayed in a hostel which I though had a swimming pool, but turned out they were still building it. Had dinner of beer and empanadas (which are argentinian fast food until Macdonalds and BK moved down here and in my opinion much better than everything except a big mac), my favourite way to spend a Saturday night. That afternoon we wnet to the point where the 3 countries of Paraguay, Brasil and Argentinia meet. Nothing there except tourist sellers?

Next day went to the Brasilian side of Iguazu falls which involved a border crossing on a bus to the town of Iguacu, on the other side of the border and a bus to the falls. Absolutely amazing, the worlds biggest falls, although not the highest and the photos don´t do it justice. It isn´t like the states, they have built walkways right out so you can walk under the falls and get sprayed on, top. We also took a trip up to Itapu Dam, which is one of the seven modern wonders of the world and the biggest hydroelectric dam in the world, even bigger that the chinese one will be. The geek in me had a good screen saver pictur of me by the dam.

Next day we went to the Argentinian side of the falls. This is much bigger than the Brasilian side (although they have the biggest single fall, the Argentinians have more and lots of trails through the jungle to walk. Spent the whole day there, including a boat ride under the falls. Not like the maid of the mist in the states, here you get on a speed boat which they drive under the falls until the water fills it up and drives it backwards! They give you a dry bag to put all your stuff in and everybody strips down to bikinis and swimwear. Obviosuly this was the day rach forgot to put her bikini on, so we fashioned her a rain coat made of a black binliner she keeps in her bag for emergencies (of what I don´t know). Obviously this did absolutely nothing except make her look stupid in photographs!

Good day and off to Rio tomorrow!