Blogs from Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina, South America

Visually and Acoustically Stunning Natural Wonder of the World Every day I try to consciously practice reverence for nature, appreciating it more and more as I age and realize how small and insignificant we are, and yet also how connected we are to this great life energy. But I prefer to believe that we are only insignificant if we perceive of ourselves as separate from nature, and much prefer to believe that we are part of this life system called nature, that is also known by other terms - creation, the universe, cosmic energy, God. Well, for one whose respect and reverence for nature grows every day, a visit to Iguazu Falls is a year’s worth of growth - or perhaps a lifetime’s. Witness energy in movement. Power. Force. Abundance. Flow. Symmetry. Symbiosis. Tenacity. But words ... read more

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Today we are going to Iguazú National Park on the Argentinian side of the falls. For a local, this trip is simple; a bus to the Argentinian town of Puerto Iguazú and a second bus to the park. For a foreigner is more complicated as you have to disembark for immigration twice and the bus doesn’t wait, so it involves taking 3 consecutive buses on the same route, then a 4th bus to the park. We walk to the international bus stop and wait. A bus to Paraguay pulls up and everyone else gets on. This happens a few more times before eventually a bus driver asks why we’re sitting at the bus stop and explains that buses to Argentina depart from the other end of the road. On our complicated journey we have fallen at ... read more

GÜN 33 06 MART SALI: Sabah erkenden dün yerini saptadığım otobüs terminaline gittim.. Fazla beklemeden, "Rio Uruguay" şirketinin otobüsleri bizi "Cataratas del Iguazu" (benim söylemim Katarat-ül Iguazu) milli parkının önünde bıraktı.. Parka giriş ücreti olarak, yaşa maşa bakmadan kişi başına 500 Arjantin papeli aldılar.. Parkın kapısında, tur kartalları,daireleri küçülterek,alçak uçuşta turist avlamaya çalışıyorlar.. Tipimin, gel gel'i olmadığından beni pas geçtiler.. Az yürüdünüz mü "Estacion Central" diye bir yere varıyorsunuz.. Burada, eğlenceli park trenleri sizi bekliyor. 15-20 dakika sonra “Garganta del Diablo”(Şeytan gırtlağı) denilen yere vardık. .. Burası trenin son durağı .. İstasyon içinde "coati" denilen, bizde pek görülmeyen, uzun kuyruklu iri kemirgenler, fütursuzca dolaşıyor..turis... read more

Today we walked the lower falls, the upper falls, and took the train again to Garganta del Diablo. It was cooler today with high humidity. Several rain showers, but we did not get too wet. The heaviest shower hit when we were on our way back from Garganta del Diablo on the train. Today we took our time as we hiked the trails. Birds, monkeys, spiders and caiman. We kept our eyes open for puma too, as we were told there are five in the park. We only saw puma tracks made by a pair of puma shoes. We had empanadas for lunch. Coatis everywhere again. One jumped on our table as soon as we finished to see if we left anything.... read more