Foz de Igauzu

Just a couple of hours until we fly out of Puerto Igauzu. We flew up here on Wednesday and got to the airport to find that our e-tix weren´t valid for Airlineas Argentineas. Bloody Expedia.com! It was a little difficult to organise with my limited spanish, however I bought replacement tix and we wrote a "demanding" email to expedia and are now in the process of getting our money back. One word for Puerto Igauzu is humid. I imagine its like up north where you walk 10m and you're dripping with sweat. We caught up with an english couple, John and Laura that we met in BA and headed to the falls for the day. It was spectacular! The national park that the falls is stuated in is 65,000 hectares and borders Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The Diabalo Gigantua (devil´s throat) is ferocious in terms of the sound and volume of water that falls. There must be about 20 waterfalls, big, small, long, short, fat, thin. Everywhere you walk there´s a different view. We took way too many photos (thank god for the digital revolution) but still hadn´t experienced it all after a whole day. We returned the next day to trek to a waterfall with a swimming hole that was very picturesque. Glen had stripped off and was wading in the water all ready to dive in when he saw a stick that looked like a snake that...was a snake. As round as your fist and curled up in a spiral floating in the water. Maybe it was dead but shit, we got out pretty fast. We treked back to the station and got on a jeep that took us through the jungle and to a boat. The speed boat then took us down the river to where the falls crashed and it was fantastic! The sound was amazing but up close the sheer size and force of the water was tremendous. We got saturated which was welcome relief on such a hot day. The park was definitly a highlight with amazing wildlife (monkeys, iridescent butterflies, racoons, eagles etc). Now its off down south (to get some inspiration) on a 19 hour bus trip. Hello sleeping tablets!