We went to Iguassu falls on the Brazil side after we flew from Rio to the city of Iguassu. And this is some of the wildlife we saw.
You get an idea of how big these Falls are when you look at the boats at the bottom of the photos.
CLICK. And listen to the noise. Constant and loud.
More Wildlife I think this is called a coati. I say it’s a cross between a raccoon and an anteater.
CLICK. I felt very brave continuing my video as he was coming at me.
More amazing sights of the falls. And a picture of our group before we all got thoroughly soaked by the mist and water of the falls at Devil’s Throat.
Walking out across the walkway to the devil’s throat felt like being in a hurricane category 1. The water was flying sideways and you could not avoid getting soaking wet.
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We spent three hours at the border of Brazil trying to get into Argentina. Our guides had our passports but decided to hand them back to us so that we could go into this No Duty store to break the boredom. I found myself an eight-dollar bottle of wine and Jane got a cigar for her husband.
We also played swoop when we got back to the bus to wile away the hours.
I took the picture of the group to show Vickie how she couldn’t get lost with that yellow outfit.
Very nice rooms in the city of Iguazu Falls. Noticed the giant statue of a 88 butterfly. I finally understood, once we saw a real one that actually looks like that.
My daughter Jessie, who passed away in 2012, usually shows up on my trips in the form of butterflies or full moons. My room door made me happy. And the next day we saw many many butterflies.🥰
This reminds me to explain the toilet paper problem in most south America and Far East countries. Their sewer systems are nothing like ours. In the favela as we were walking down the stairs you could hear water flowing through sewer pipes and then splashing freely underground somewhere. That said, toilet paper is the enemy of a sewer system.
If there is a waste basket next to the toilet in these countries you are supposed to put your used toilet paper into the waste basket.
During covid the hotels in the US would be cleaned only every 3 days. However in these countries the trash is taken out at least once a day (thank goodness).
And even though the locals drink from their water faucets it has been explained to us that we are not immune to some of the bacteria in the water and we are safest to always drink bottled water. Ergo, on the first day of our travels we make a trip to the grocery store to buy bottled water. Sometimes it’s only 50 cents for 2 liters. I thought this was a very pretty bottle of water.
I was not happy heading out to the Argentina side of Iguazu Falls because I didn’t want to get soaked again. When I asked about it he told me” watch the people exiting the walking path. If they’re wet you’re going to get wet. They’re dry you’ll probably stay dry.” DUH. Makes sense.
It turns out I just got the overspray of the mist several times when the wind started blowing hard.
We were able to see this toucan flying through the woods.
Jane and Vickie having fun.
This is the map of the Argentina side of the falls. It’s so big that it needs a train to get you to section 1 and 2. So we spent the entire day doing all three sections of the falls and it wasn’t until the late afternoon that I finally said I am “waterfalled out”.
Butterflies were everywhere including on Liz’s backpack.
Here is the famous butterfly of Iguazu Falls called 88. You certainly can figure out why they call it that.
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I realize this is the Brazilian side of the falls where we got soaking wet. Rainbow was worth it.
The water is so very brown because they had rain and lots of it the week before and it turned up all the dirt in the rivers. Sometimes the water is so clear and it’s so shallow that you can see the rocks in the rivers.
CLICK. This was also the Brazilian side where I got soaked.