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We are ending our family adventure in this continent today. From here we go to see family and friends, spend some time in our favorite city Santa Cruz, have the boys enjoy some great summer camps over there. We are sad to leave, but know we have been blessed with amazing luck, to have been able to see all these places, and enjoy these experiences as a family. We chose a truly magnificent place to say good bye to Argentina, Iguazu falls:
Shakked: "We are now in Iguazu. From Salta, we flew to here. The Iguazu Falls are not the tallest, but the biggest, waterfalls in the world. On our first day, we visited the Devil’s throat - a little amphitheater of waterfalls with a single, narrow entrance. We saw the Devil’s Throat from a walkway which led across the top of the falls and stopped just short of the enormous circle of waterfalls. It was indescribable, unbelievable. Masses of thundering, roaring white water simply dropped off into space, falling into an abyss of mist and spray. I could feel the tremendous, crushing, smashing power of these humongous tons of liquid coming down on the rocks far, far below. We actually
couldn’t see the bottom, owing to all the spray the falls kicked up. After that, we walked along another walkway, which led above the other falls. They were also amazing, if a little less than the Devil’s Throat. There were many of them, together about half a kilometer in length. Vast amounts of water kept falling, falling, falling, until with an earth-shattering BOOM! they met the surface of the pool below. We also went on a small boat and sailed through the maze of islands above the falls. More than once, we saw caymans (small crocodiles). They had short, thick bodies, green-brown scales, and huge, wicked-looking teeth.
The next day we saw a few more, smaller, waterfalls. Then we boarded a boat and sailed to the base of the falls to take a closer look. It was somehow terrifying and fun at the same time. One second, we were sailing for a waterfall. The next, we were plunged into a thunderous melee of mist and spray and wind and noise. But most of all there was the smashing, pounding, rending sound of the falls. I found myself screaming, screaming, and screaming my fear and exhilaration to the blue sky. It
was a great experience."
Amit: "Amit
When we got back to Salta, we took a flight to Iguazu. Iguazu contains the biggest waterfalls in the world. The first thing I did at Iguazu Falls is take a trail then a train. There we walked on a kilometer long bridge to Garganta del Diablo. The first thing I thought is: “This must be some sort of mirage. No way it could be this amazing.” Water danced down from the top of the river coming down with a roar. Mist seemed to clatter up from the seething waters below. After we thought we’d seen enough of this water fall, we went back on the bridge and from there we took a boat. About halfway through the paddler started to paddle to an island. I thought we were sinking and panicked. Turned out, it was way more serious than that. The paddler had seen a caiman. Caiman are mini-crocodiles. Their small but thick bodies are padded with brown and green scales. At first sight I mistook them for Komodo Dragons. After that we did the upper circle. The upper circle was amazing because we stood on platforms so it looked we were hovering
in the air in front of the waterfall. I went 10 meters and stopped in amazement. In front of me stood the most amazing semicircle of waterfalls I had ever seen. There was a rainbow over them with an island in the middle. Now I understood why Eleanor Roosevelt had said “pobre Niagara.”
The second day we took this boat. It was a screaming hullaballoo. It sped toward its destination, the mist of the waterfalls. It was like Otto Cart: Terrifying but fun. I was screaming my head off, eyes and mouth open as hail after hail of water came on us. We sped toward rocks, swerving at the last minute. It was the best thing I had done in ages. Some while after that I had said “Really, how poor can the Niagara get?”
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