New Years Day - Iguazu Falls
So you think you have seen a waterfall, one is surely like another.... River
high up, river below...... Water falls from one to the other..... Easy.....
It´s hard not to sound pretentious and I am trying not to be. I've been to
Niagra and to Victoria falls and they're both great in their own way,
and with Victoria falls you get to truely experience the power of the water
but Iguazu, it truly makes Niagra look like you've left the bath running
over.
As you walk along the Brazilian side of the falls you are amazed, only
to find out that that was just a small off-shoot. Then the falls.....
except this is also just another off-shoot.... And so you go on five or six times until you see the main falls..... But its not until the following day that
we were able to truly experiance the wonder of the falls as we trekked
through the Argentinian side and felt the power.
This is another great instance where the wedding gift list has made our
experience so much more unique and amazing.... Before we climbed into
the speed boat we had to place our bags, wallets, cameras etc., in a drybag.
It may have only been 15 Minutes but as I said to Mel, hold on, this could
be an amazing 15 minutes for me... (She's scared of water) but she loved
it....Screamed her head off as we sped up past some of the smaller falls to
get an amazing view of the main falls. Your heart is pumping and you truly
know you're alive when you race into one of the smaller falls and the boat
is swamped and pounded by the power. Talk about a power shower.....
The whole day was amazing, just sitting watching the falls, swimming
close to the falls, hiking through jungle passes to smaller falls and water
pools and even Mel swam across a freezing pond to sit under what appeared to be a 3 ft wide trickle but with a 30 ft drop was an amazing back pummle....Walking back and seeing Tucans and other wild life (Mel says she saw 18 Pumas but she didn't get any on camera....and I just happened to miss them all!) All this followed by the evening which we spent in the park with Steak and a buffet followed by a romantic moonlit midnight excursion walking 2~3 km to the main falls in darkness, only possible when there is a full moon..... How lucky are we..... ( Mel loved it but I think the overpowering smell of Eau de Mozzy repellent put a dampner on many kisses) ......
