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Published: March 29th 2008
At the airport...
In the airport, which was almost empty, we´re waiting for our plain to go to Iguazu.Hooray We´re off on an Adventure!!
here we are in the tiny little city of puerto iguazu. The town is small, with an itty bitty night life... but charming none the less. I am just guessing, but from what we´ve seen probably 75%!o(MISSING)f the transportation that the people here use is motor bike, moped, or scooter! It´s a little scary, with the job that I have, to see how many of these people do not use helmets! And the ones I have noted, I haven´t recognized any of the brands.
The buses seem pretty safe, and when you take one from metro centro, you are just as likely to get a coach with comfy reclining, fake leather seats, as one that feels like it´s barely going to make it to the end of the road. And so far we´ve been on both!
We met up with Maitreyi on Wed afternoon, and checked into our hostel/Inn. The place is nice, but the toilet doesn´t flush quite right, and the pool is tiny! but it´s clean and safe, and the staff is really nice! Oh, and Steve booked this place for us... so we
really can´t complain! THANK YOU
Garganta el Diablo
This it it!!! Just to the left of The Devil´s Throat! ...That´s Brazil over yonder, on the other side of the river. STEVE!!! After checking in we trekked around the city, checking out the neat little tourist trap shops. There is a crazy intersection here, called
7 Corners. This intersection has no traffic signs of any kind, and litterally is the place where 7 streets converge!! Pretty crazy!!
Heading into the Jungle
We went to the Iguazu National Parkon Thursday and Friday. We checked out what they call the Devil´s Throuat, and also the Isla San Martin, which is in the middle of the river, with a bunch of waterfalls on either side. The place is AMAZING!!! During our first hike in the rain forest we saw some monkey´s, and it just got better from there. We saw more monkeys, tucans, some racoon relatives, some other cool native birds, and some awesome butterflys. On Friday we went on a tour that took us out through the jungle, and then up the river on a boat to the base of the waterfalls. We took a couple of really cool pictures (which we´ll up load later) and then the boat went up under 2 of the waterfalls!!!! This is something that we would never be able to experience in the States!! So we
Garganta el Diablo
This is IT!! the Devil´s Throat!! Here we´re looking at the heart of it!! went ahead and bought the dvd they were selling of this experience, since it was so crazy.
We´re headed back to BA tomorrow (Sat. the 29th), and we´ll be sure to update the Blog with some of the crazy adventure we have. Maya and I both send our love to those at home, and we miss you all.
Congrats to Daniel on getting the job at Bell, I´m looking forward to working with you!
Caio for now!!
Muchos Besos!
-- Kyle and Maya
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