Don’t take a tour to see the Falls if they’re only going to take you to one side. For the Iguazu Falls, you need to see both the Argentinian and the Brazilian sides.
Just after 8AM, we crossed the Friendship Bridge from Argentina into Brazil. Our guide allowed plenty of time for us to get through border controls.
“ There are many variables to affect how long a border crossing can take. How many other people are ahead of you, the mood of the border officer…”
Fortunately, it was only around 20 minutes, and we were off to the National Park.
I don’t know how they arranged the rainbow, but it made my day!
The unexpected thing about this trail is that the waterfalls just keep on coming.
At first, you see the ones on the Argentinian side that were were above, so couldn’t see yesterday.
Then, the Brazilian ones.
There were more people on this side, but everyone was moving along the trail and were so happy about what we were seeing. I mean, how could you not be?
Here was where we were warned about getting wet. The breeze blows all of that water all over you. Today, I wasn’t wearing all of the wet weather gear that I was yesterday, so I walked out as far as I could, then retreated.
You can see how high the water level is.
I have deleted so many photos. I just liked this one, so here it is.
Remember The Devil’s Throat from yesterday? Here’s what it looks like at the bottom.
Isn’t it incredible? How could this be real?
Haha! This was right by the end of the trail. I had to show you just how close we got to the water. But yeah. I got wet.
One last look. Where the rainbow hits on the right? That’s where we were yesterday.
Now this didn’t just make my day. It made my DECADE.
Finally a tourist attraction puts in a lift, so I don’t have to walk up hundreds of steps. I think I’m in move with however had this idea and made it happen. I was so happy.
I don’t mind walking down steps. I simply hate going up.
One last backwards look…
… and then it’s up, up, up we go.
Here’s another coati. It was sneaking around, scavenging food. Tourists, who should have known better, were feeding it until they were told off by the people working there.
You can see how strong their claws are. The little guy on the tree trunk was chilling, just gripping with his claws. It was effortless.
Now comes the story of the 25 minutes that we had to get from one flight to the next. Today, we had 2 flights, with a screamingly tight timeline. Ever since I got the tickets, I was nervous about it.
I was prepared to have to race across the airport with the clock ticking down, just as we did in Taiwan, where we arrived with about 3 minutes to spare.
I was the first one in our group out of the plane. My digital boarding pass told me that our next gate was 222. I sped out of the plane and into the terminal. I turned around to check the number of the gate I’d just come out of…
… to see 222 above me.
I couldn’t believe it. I’ve never seen such efficiency in scheduling ever. We were suddenly in no rush at all. After all the stress I’d been feeling, it was a big relief.
Maybe this was what the rainbow was foretelling?
Overseas, people are allowed to bring their pets to the airport. I took this one for Blogless Sandy. She has a Frenchie.
Liz, Val and I finished the day with caipirinha cocktails… the national drink of Brazil.
Yum!
Dad joke of the day:
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