Iguazu Falls

The Devil's Throat... yikes

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July 21st 2006
Rising early (by my Argentina standards, 8 am) I drank some sludgy coffee and ate some "dulce de leche", an Argentine favorite, which is basically what NASA would come up with if tasked with cramming the most sugar into a 3 cm cube, spread on stale bread. Once the sugar high kicked in along with the buzz from the Maté de Coca, I was wide awake and I couldn't care less about the crappy food. That ... 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