Mar 11, 2004
"the most amazing thing that i have ever seen"
ola all,
hope that you are all well.
it is true, i have been heard saying "the most amazing thing that i have ever seen" on a number of occasions, but this time i think that the statement may not come close to describing what we saw the last two days.
i am talking about iguazu falls which is on the boarder of argentina/brazil/paraguay - we were actually about to be in brazil and argentina at the same time....
the falls are absolutely amazing. i am still at a loss for words to descibe or compare them to anything that i have ever seen before. we did the argentina side two days ago (sorry i dont know the day, they are all running into one another). and this allowed us to see the top of the falls but also to get down and literally under the falls. we took a boat ride that basically sat under the fall for a few seconds - resulting in us all being completely soaked. a great feeling when you are wearing 3/4 jeans and have half a day of walking still to do....
but seeing as though it was 45 degrees the jeans dried pretty quickly.
we were running out of time so had to rush the last - and most outstanding part of the falls - devils throat [dan, mate the rest of the falls fade compared to this beast]. you stand about this part of the falls and it sounds like a plane is taking off. the amount of water that is pooring down is unbeleivable. you cannot see half of the gully as the spray from the falls creates a constant fog.
headed to the brazilian side the following day - and didnt expect much as most ppl told us that the argi side is the business. boy were we wrong. this side is just as amazing, with another whole waterfall system that is hidden from the argi side. i just hope that the 3.5 rolls of film it took will help to tell the story of this amazing site.
had a rather difficult time getting to iguazu. missed the last bus and had to spend the nite in the bus terminal. a deck of cards and a bottle of vodka kinda helped the nite slip by.
in buenos aires at the moment. last stop (sad) before heading to sydney (happy). city is quite amazing. a lot different then rio. more like an european city.
that is enough from me - been getting a few comments about emails (you know who you are xx :)
will leave you with this though - if you are thinking of travelling - do it - NOW.
as always
mic
