Iguacu Falls

This is Iguacu Falls at the border of Brazil and Argentina in the middle of the South American continent. These falls have to be seen to be believed. This is truly one of the most spectacular sights that we have ever seen..and we mean ever!!

First thing you do when you get here is to get in a boat - life jackets on .....

and away we go - took a little spin in a high speed boat under the falls - yes literally under the falls. It was a breathtaking experience.

And a wet one too!!

Ok, but we did dry off after a while - or maybe we just stopped noticing how wet we were.

So who is this with L then? Meet Marcelo, guide, local expert and superhero extraordinaire!

Marcelo is from Mendoza, Argentina, one of the worlds best wine regions and was our guide and group leader for the first two weeks in South America. Marcelo made sure we got through all three countries and seven destinations intact and as those of you who know us will probably agree that is an epic feat!! Nobel prize perhaps.....?

Perhaps Marcellos only error on the trip was to introduce D & L to the pleasures of Argentine Malbec. He may have subsequently regretted this!

Here is a nice photo of some waterfalls in the jungle ....

Oh and these are ...well you know yourself...

From calm river above to thundering water below .....

The town of Foz De Iguacu in Argentina is the base most people use for visiting the area. The falls and river are at the point where three countries borders intersect. You can walk out of the town and get your picture taken showing three countries at the same time!!

So here goes - as you look at the picture ;

1. The bit of land on the left is Paraguay

2. The bit of land on the right is Brazil.

3. The bit D is standing on is Argentina

Ok, it is getting kinda dark here, but in case you think we are making this up ........

So, that was the night before and this is the morning after. We left early in the morning and drove the couple of KMs across the bridge into Brazil. This is the marking in the middle of the bridge where you cross out of Argentina and into Brazil.

This is 9AM at the border checkpoint. Wo hoo they let us in!!! Another stamp on the passport.

Most of the falls are actually located on the Argentine side. You can't really see it in the picture because it is so small relative to the falls but the jungle boardwalk basically runs along the top of and around the various cascades. However what you do get from the Brazilian side is fantastic views back accross the river to the Argentine falls. There are just so many falls it really is breathtaking. We did not have a lense with a wide enough angle but you can see that this stretch goes right accross the picture and it continues someway beyond by approx 2KM.

As well as being kinda wet it's really hot around here!!

Another amazing vista.

And another .....

And another ...... We could have put up the other 252,000 photos but we sorta ran out of time.

Question; What do you reckon you might find at the end of a rainbow?

Correct- A leprauchan!!

Well he's a Gnome actually but lets not split hairs.

On into Brazil .......