I got back from Misiones at 3:30 this morning after another 18 hour bus ride. As you know my program and I travelled northwest to the province of Misiones. At the very tip where the Paraná and Iguazú rivers meet there are some of the most amazing Waterfalls named Cataracas del Iguazú.
The Iguazú waterfalls are naturally seperated into hundreds of smaller falls instead of having one large blanket of falls. This is the actual Iguazú Falls, although it is not the largest, it has the most water flow. Can you see that little boat in the water down by the base of the falls? Neat right? We all took a boat ride that led us directly to the base of these falls. It was amazing. So much water was pounding down on us you could hardly look up. We went from sweat covered and humid to cold and wet in a matter of seconds.
Here’s a really short video of the waterfall. I know, it’s just water falling, but it’s sooo much water falling.
This was, thankfully, not the only place we got to get wet. This is Union Falls:
which is the largest of the waterfalls. It drains into this giant long chasm called the Garganta del Diablo which means the Throat of the Devil. Can you see that mist rising up to the right? As all the water pours into the chasm the mist builds up and erupts out slowing drenching all the sightseers.
As you can probably tell this area of Argentina is much different than the place where I live. The climate and greenery is more tropical as the province is actually partially jungle! Luckily we were able to see some of the wildlife that this climate supports:
Coatí
Toucan
Águila Viuda
As you can see the country is quite diverse. As you go further norther you encounter a great deal of tropical animals that don’t exist in the southern parts. Okay, I was lucky enough not to get sick until I came back from our trip so I’m going to take advantage of my day by going back to bed. Ciao.
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