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Published: July 25th 2006
Not for the faint of heart
Take a boat ride thru the falls and get soaked! Here I am in Puerto Iguazu...just 18 hours north of Buenos Aires, by bus. I know many of you may cringe at the thought of spending 18 hours on a bus but I assure you, this is no Greyhound! This is business or first class all the way...we purchased the cama suite, which is a fully reclining seat, warm and plushs with blankets and pillows. About 1/2 hour into our journey the male "steward" comes by and offers us glasses of whiskey! We accept and soon we are mellow and watching "Ladder 59", one of the 3 movies shown that night. We then recieve a dinner of steak and potatoes and several glasses of wine, topped off with champagne! How awesome...we love the cama suite, and don't know if we can go any lower in standards because we have been so spoiled!! Even the hostel is 5 star with a huge swimming pool, comfy rooms, large common areas with billiards, ping pong, couches, a library, and TV/DVD area. Did I mention that there's free internet, a restaurant, and even a bar that serves up 2x1's of some of the best caipirinhas around? Well, now I have and we can move
Lord of the Rings..
with a little help from Photoshop! on to bigger things like Iguazu Falls, one of natures best creations...
Iguazu Falls is one of the biggest waterfall in the world. Elenor Roosevelt was said to have visited Iguazu and muttered, "Poor Niagra", and with reason! These waterfalls were intense! They lie right on the border between Argentina and Brazil and both countries have a national park allowing different vistas. The view from the Argentine side is clearly the most spectacular with a bridge that is just a few meters from Devil's Throat, which is by far the largest and most powerful of waterfalls. Nicole and I both stared for a long while and simultaneously jumped back from the edge as we felt the water was drawing us in....freaky! To say it was surreal is an understatement but the trails and steps that we had to climb, along with the rocks and steep paths, left us winded. Soon we were dehydrated and cranky, Nicole sporting a sunburn and me having as major headache due to severe dehydration. I don't understand as I drank 2 gatorades and two bottles of water, but the sun was intense!!! After 5 hours of walking and sweating we called it a
A sense of scale..
Do you see the people on the ledge? (top left corner) day and found that we both were over it and opted not to check out the Brasilian side as its just a panoramic view and not within 'spitting' distance like in Argentina. Yea that's us, two jaded traveling broads all hyped up for our trip to Mendoza!!
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