Garganta del Diablo

Big Water

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August 6th 2007
Wow. For this one I guess the pictures probably speak for themselves so perhaps I´ll just give you some stats and leave it to you to imagine the roar that you can hear from kilometres away. The name Iguaçu comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y (water) and guasú (big). Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a can ... 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