And then there were the waterfalls...

The way to Iguazu was as horrible as sleeping in buses can be. 2 nights of bus sleeing with no proper shower can get you look and smell like a homeless. But hey, let´s go on with the story :)

We reached San Ignacio the first day, the place where the ruins of the Jesuit first colonies were transformed into a museum. Lots of history. And lots of ancient rocks. We were lucky a group of ¨oldies¨ was there together with their guide that explained lots of things. Like... life expectancy among army soldiers was 35-40 years.

Later that evening while we were killing time until the next bus, we met a very nice colombian that explained lots of things about his country and invited to stay in his house while we will be there.

Next stop... IGUAZU!! One of our objectives during this trip. An amazing breathtaking waterfall. We reached the park at first hour in the morning. The news were that the water level had raised with a 60% so that all the waterfalls would have water, but the reverse of the coin is that we could not get to the island that was in the middle. It should have offered us incredible views... another example of Borja´s bad luck!!

The price of the entrance is a bit high, but at least we can use inside all means of transportation for free. So first thing we do is take the ecological train to Garganta del Diablo, the most impressive of the falls. Brownish water falling down with lots of noise. Looking too attentive into it´s depts makes you dizzy. Everybody there was amazed, probably one of the most spectacular views we have seen in our lives.
Then the crazy birds that were throwing themselves into the falling water (still don´t know why). Anyway, we could make an idea of the force of nature and only guess how easily they could crush a human body. Frightening!!

After that we took the superior and the inferior tours with views to the smaller falls looking like lost paradises. In one of them you can almost touch the water. Looking up you can feel its power (if you can see anything). There, due to the water, the camera broke for a while.

Then it was pretty funny our encounter with the coaties. They would steal food from people and even bite if you dared to oppose.

Next stop was Brazil frontier with Argentina to get my passport stamped. No problems there.

And on Monday we went to Foz do Iguazu, the brazilian town. Boring city with nothing to do but eat at a traditional Rodizio. Basically an ´all you can eat´ with lots and lots of meat. Salads too.

Our final destination was the place where the Prana and the Iguazu river set the borders for the 3 countries: Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Incredible views also. It was there where we almost lost the camera. Luckily we didn´t and got to take pictures of tiny colibry birds.