What an adventure we are having here...starting with our accomodation here in Puerto Iguazu. We are staying in a hostel type place in a private room with our own ensuite. Comfortable but not luxurious. The guests here are from all over...New Zealand, Ireland are 2 we have met. We are in the centre of town right across from the grocery store and once again have the nicest front desk staff, but lousy keyboards on the computers. Last night Jurg worked on his Spanish by watching CNN espagnol to get the election results. Tonight he watches Soccer...there is a 24 hr broadcast of games from somewhere in the world.
But we spent the day at the Falls...think Niagara times a zillion. The river Iguazu spreads out over 2 km between Brazil and Argentina and its brown roiling waters crash down in wide falls, narrow falls, rocky pathways, little bridal streams...anyway water can possibily fall off a cliff, it does. There are walkways over the water to view all these different waterfalls with the piece de resistance being a look into the Devils Throat...a monstrous cauldron of water pouring down that soaks those watching from above. All of this is contained in a park filled with canadian houseplants and annuals...begonias, impatience, philodendron, transcantia...beautiful butterflies that land on you as though they are pets...and coatis (think racoon) that have learned to harass the visitors for their lunch. The noise of the falls fills the air and the spray coated us intermittently. Unbelievable!
Then tonight, another fine restaurant...where Jurg indulged, once again, in pasta bolognaise made with fresh noodles. Of course, washed down with a few glasses of Malbec.
I have a zillion Pictures of brown water falling down...hope a few are interesting.
We are here until Friday when we tackle the next adventure of the trip - an overnight bus trip to Rosario. We have booked seat "cama" on the top level at the front...we will be served dinner and breakfast, given pillows and blankets, and be able to fold our seats into a 120 deg bed. This is how most Argentinians travel their country...for us it will cost a total of $300 pesos...about $100 US...and take about 19hrs. Letyou know how it goes...
Hasta luego!
Sue
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