The mighty Iguazu

Sitting by the pool relaxing after exploring the huge Iguazu Falls over the past two days! We arrived in Foz do Iguazu early Wednesday morning after a 15 hour bus from Sao Paulo. The bus was huge and very comfortable. The bus conductor kept patting my head, giving me the thumbs up and chatting to me in Portugese when I was awake. Arrived in our hostel armed with all the information about how to visit the falls, what to do there, what buses to get for the Brazilian side and the Argentinian side and decided to go visit the Brazilian side first, after we had rested.

When we arrived at the national parks entrance we had to catch a bus to the falls and our bus was full of Japanese tourists all with cameras out taking millions of pictures even though the bus hadn't started yet and it was a 10 min journey through trees to start the trek to the falls!
Our first glimpse of the waterfalls came as we walked down a path and even though we'd tried to lose the Japanese tourist behind us, they came running after us and practically knocked us over trying to get photos of the first view. Every single of one them was snap happy. Posing infront of the falls, different angles, different group shots. And as fast as they had arrived they were running on to the next view. We left them off!

The path along the waterfalls is about 1200 metres or something like that and is like the over view of all the falls. Brian and myself walked slowly through it all. We came across loads of creatures along the way. And there were butterflies everywhere. It was amazing, all different colours and sizes. The waterfalls just kept getting more and more impressive as we walked along too. Everytime I thought we were getting to the end of it there was more to look at. Got up close to one side of the falls and let them soak me as i stood for a photo! Took loads of photos and Brian had his Canon Eos out too so he got some amazing photos. Check out our flickr over the next few days cause we'll have everything up soon.

Day two we headed for the Argentinian side with a tour group. This side is the close up of the falls. They picked us up at the hostel, drove us to the boarder, helped us get our exit and entry stamps etc. Headed into the national park with the group and straight away our guide was pointing out the wildlife we were passing. As we walked throught the forest we could hear the roar of the falls but we could only see small streams and rivers heading in its direction. Then we were standing on the edge of the falls, looking over. It was amazing. The path followed all the way along the hundreds of waterfalls by their edges. The power of the water was increadible. Standing on a small bridge with the water rushing past right under you, was intense.

This place was really amazing, loved it.

We're off to the jungle now tomorrow, can't wait :) x