The waterfall to end all waterfalls

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October 15th 2005

Published: October 22nd 2005

We started our trip in the wee hours of the morning and after 12 hours driving we´d had enough and stopped for the night. The next day we drove to Foz do Iguazu and with a little help from one of the locals, Jose, found a hotel. It had been raining all morning, but the afternoon cleared up so we decided to go visit the Itaupu Hydroelectric Power Plant. It is the biggest in the world and it took t... Read Full Entry

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Quati

One of the native animals called a Quati. There were heaps of them in the park and they weren´t phased at all by humans.

Butterfly Fiesta

Because of the rain there were heaps of butterflies everywhere.

Iguazu Falls

Welcome to the jungle

We´ve got fun and games....

Iguazu Falls

Getting soaked again

The spray was so intense that without a poncho you would be soaked through in 2 seconds.

Getting soaked again

A couple of hardcores behind me, showing me up. I had the last laugh I didn´t have to walk around in wet clothes all day.

Iguazu Falls

View from above of where we were getting soaked.

Iguazu Falls

You can´t see that well in the photo, but there is an absolute shit load of water falling behind me.

Iguazu Falls

Top of the falls on the Brazilian side, looking towards what is known as Garganta do Diabo or The Devil´s Throat.

Argentinian Lizard

Back on the Argentinian side we saw this little guy sun bathing after a rainy week.

Iguazu Falls

The infamous Devil´s Throat. It´s almost like there is a hole in the Earth, with the whole contents of the Iguazu and Parana rivers getting sucked into it.

Axe at the Devil´s Throat

Devil´s Throat

Axe at the Devil´s Throat

Devil´s Throat

Hold me closer Tommy dancer

We were walking back from the Devil´s Throat and we saw heaps of those yellow butterflies, so Tom decided to do a silly dance. He ended up just looking silly because due to the background you can´t make out the butterflies.

Fairwell photo to the falls

Our final photo and a teary fairwell to this amazingly beautiful place.

9th December 2005

JK Rach
Justin Keevers & Rachael Reilly

That really was a silly dance Tom
Hey guys, glad to see you are seeing heaps of cool shit!! Good work. Love the blogs keep them coming. Take care!! Hopefully see you both soon....in good old London town!

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