The main falls

Iguazu Falls (UPDATED with more photos!!!)

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September 10th 2007
Ok guys, me made it to Iguazu Falls (Iguazu in indigenous Guarani language means Big Water )and the name could not be more appropriate. Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. Nice isn´t it? Anyway, we are spe ... read more

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more