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Day 7
It was full day of adventure. We woke early to have breakfast (toast with butter) and catched the 8:10am bus to the Iguazu National Park. I had an idea how impressive the falls were going to be. From hearing stories and reading other people's experiences.

We took a tour that included a 5 mile ride on a 4 x 4 truck through the jungle, a ride in a small boat to view the falls and we can walk the rest of the park. The ride on the boat was the coolest. You couldn't see anything when you boarded once we started heading to the falls it was like a movie scene, so sureal and amazing. The falls were so wide and abundant. I didn´t know were to look. I felt like a kid - excited and suprised. Then it came the part that we got wet. Not wet, drenched. They took us under one drop that is safe to go under. I felt the big splash couldn't see a thing. But it was way cool. The boat was full of Argentinians and they told us if we made noise they'll take us under again. So we participated by sayin "otra, otra, otra..." After a second time then they started saying "una mas, y no jodemos mas." I've never heard that expression. But I started saying it too, which it translates to "one more time and we'll stop nagging." And we did get one more time under the falls. So fun.

We took our time walking around the park. The falls have 275 drops. It's so wide, you can view the falls from many different angles. The coolest view is from "La Garganta del Diablo" (Devil's Throat), from the name you know is powerful. You had to take a train and walk about on a bridge to get there. WOW. You're there and you can't see the bottom. There are few drops that form a semi-circle. The sound is so loud and all you can see is mist. Depending on the wind you feel some mist splashing softly on you. It was peaceful at the same time. Incredible. We were there for about 6 hours. It's that big.


Day 8
Woke up early again. Destination: Iguazu Falls from the Brazil side. Again, didn't quite understand the difference between the Argentinian side and the Brazilian side. Going in there I got it. On the Brazilian side you see the overview. You can appreciated the falls from faraway and see the whole picture. You can see the deep green forrest around it. It's more of the panoramic view. We saw it in an hour or so. On the Argentinian side you saw it from up close.

After the walk we went to see the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant. It's consider one of the modern 7 wonders of the world. Pretty impressive. I'm not very technical. I'm sure Tim'd explained more in his blog. I think is a guy thing.

Tomorrow we're headed to Buenos Aires. It's a 20 hour bus ride. We leave in the morning and we'll get there Friday morning. I'm pretty tired right now that I'm sure I'll sleep very well on the bus.