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We arrived Iguacu on Wednesday morning after a 14 hour bus journey. In true Carley style we upgraded our seats to executive class which meant we practically had a bed and loads of leg room. We slept most of the way which was a bonus and arrived in Iguacu excited and ready to see the falls.
On Thursday we went to the Brazilian side of the Iguacu falls. The Iguacu falls are world famous and have over 200 waterfalls. We got the bus to the falls and made our own way round. It really was an amazing site especially at the end when we got to Devils Throat which is the biggest fall in Iguacu. Here you walk out on a viewing platform meaning you get so close to the fall. It did mean that we got sprayed with water. It only took a few hours to walk around the Brazilian side of the falls, however we were told it takes 7 hours to walk around the Argentinian side. We decided to do this on Saturday.
Just need to add here a funny Carley moment!!!! Jonny said to me when we were walking around the falls (as a joke I may add), 'I wonder what time they switch the falls off' to this I thought for a few seconds and actually wondered what time they did switch them off!! I was just about to respond and say 'I suppose when the park closes' but stopped myself in time and realised what Jonny had just said and that it was a joke!!! Definitely a BLONDE moment for me!!
On Friday the boys along with Gary, a guy we met in Rio, decided to visit Paraguay for the day. They made their way over by bus and got the stamp in their passport (Jonny was very happy about this!). Jonny says that it was a great experience but I wouldn't have liked it. He said it was really hectic and there were people trying to sell you stuff every two minutes! Hes really glad he went though.
On Saturday we had arranged fortour guide to take us to the Argentinian side of the falls. This meant crossing the border from Brazil to Argentina and getting our passports stamped. We got to the falls and we were shocked by the size of the park compared to the Brazilian side, it was massive. As a treat we had booked a boat ride underneath the falls. To get to the boat we had to get in jeep and drive through the rainforest. We were told that there are lots of animals in the park including jaguars (apparently one ate a child 8 years ago), snakes (40 species, 80% are poisonous), deer, monkeys, different species of birds and butterfly's and Danielle's worst fear Raccoons (this is due to the fact she was chased by one on the Brazilian side of the falls). We got to the boat where we were told to put all cameras, shoes and anything else that we did not want to get soaked in a waterproof bag they supplied us with. Then we got in the boat and were told to put our life jackets on. By this point I was feeling quite scared. Jonny was excited and couldn't wait to get going. It started off as a slow ride through calm waters then we hit the rapids which was a bit scary and we were going from side to side. Then we stopped near a fall and were told that we could get our camera out of the waterproof bags to take photos. After about 5 minutes we were off again and this time heading straight for a huge fall. I was petrified and closed my eyes, Jonny loved it. Next thing we knew we were underneath the waterfall getting extremely wet. It was an amazing feeling to know you were actually underneath the falls. The boat trip ended and we got off the boat extremely wet but very happy at what we had just done.
The rest of the day was taken up with walking around the park looking at the falls, including the one that we had just gone under in the boat. It was strange to think that we had been under it as it looked so big and powerful from where we were standing. The last stop at the falls was Devils Throat which was probably one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, once again we got extremely wet but the view was spectacular and something we will both never forget. On the way back to the hostel the tour guide stopped off at a market. From here you could see Brazil, Paraguay and we were standing in Argentina. It was all separated by the Iguacu river. It was a really good ending to our day.
On Sunday we left Iguacu, after a 7 hour delay, and Brazil for Argentina and our first stop, Buenos Aires. We have had the most amazing time in Brazil. It was a million times better then we ever expected it to be and we will definitely be coming back one day.
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