Then we got back on the bus for three more hours until we arrived at the town of Iguazu. After settling into our hostel we passed the afternoon by chilling in the pool and the a few of us left to walk around the small city. Our tour guides cooked an asado (barbecue) for us. The menu was literally meat (all kinds of beef and sausage), bread, wine. That's it, no side dishes. Must say the chorizo sausage was my favorite. Though it was a painfully slow dinner because there were 50 of us and the meat only came off of the grill bit by bit.
Sunday
We spent our first day at the waterfalls on the Argentinian side and the falls were amazing. I won't even try to describe them with words...checkout these pics instead. We got really close to the falls and there were places were you could fall of the edge if you weren't careful. We also took a boat ride in the river and, of course, we went underneath one of the falls. It was both awesome and scary; I couldn't believe I was literally underneath one of the coolest waterfalls in the world. Oh, and while we were there we saw a proposal, and of course she said yes. None of us knew the happy couple but it was a wonderful sight to see.
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| Argentinian Side |
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| Me on the boat ride, before we went underneath the falls |
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Monday
This day we went to the Brazilian side of the waterfalls. This side is known for its amazing views. The downside was spending 2 hours in our bus waiting to get through customs. All the energy was zapped out of us while we waited. Finally we were allowed in the country and we moved onto the falls. The views on this side were indeed gorgeous, definitely more scenic and more panoramic. But I prefer the Argentinian side because you are literally so close to the falls. At any rate I'm glad that we saw both sides. And after getting back to our hostel to gather our things, we set out on the 15 hour bus ride (yes, 15 hours!) back to Buenos Aires.
It was an amazing trip. The scenery was amazing and the company was great. I'm glad to have met so many cool people on this trip.
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