Foz de Iguaçu

Yesterday, we finally reached the high point of our Brazil trip. The mighty Iguaçu Falls. I cannot even begin to fully describe it in mere words. This has to be one of the most impressive things I have ever seen! 275 falls crashing doing 80 metre cliffs in the middle of the jungle. Off course I have taken excellent photos, but still they do not capture the falls completely (have taken about 150 photos on a 1.2km stretch...) Basically you go to the Iguaçu National Park, pay a small entry fee (20 Reais), take a bus through the jungle to the falls and then walk a well constructed pathway all along the falls. The Brazil side gives you a nice overview of the falls and ends at the part called the Devil´s Throat. We spent most of the day exploring the falls and the surrounding rainforest. From there we went to the Parca de Aves (like World of Birds) where we could get up close to toucans, parrots, hummingbirds and some of the rare butterflies! We ended the day by going for a rodizio, a national dish of Brazil. It is basically an all you can eat meat buffet. They keep on bringing skewers of different meats roasted over the fire to you until you can eat no more. This includes beef, chicken, lamb and pork. VERY nice. Also cheap! Between 8 and 10 Reais. Today we have to cross the Argentinian border to the town called Puerto Iguazu. This is the Argentinian side of the falls. We´ll spend tomorrow exploring them. They should bring us much closer to the falls, so we must remember our ponchos! Cheers, Neil