I just enjoyed 3 weeks of winter vacation back in July. Buenos Aires is just an easy 2 hour boat ride away from Montevideo so I met my sister Katie there and we toured and enjoyed the city for 3 days. Then, we hopped on a 17 hour bus ride (it’s cheaper than going by plane) to reach the Argentine, Paraguay and Brazilian border where the park of Iguazu Falls is located.
Ever since I saw the 1986 film, The Mission, I’ve wanted to see these wondrous falls. They truly are breathtaking! I hope you enjoy some of the pictures I managed to take before my camera broke, it’s definitely more impressive in person. Here’s some information that Wikipedia offers on the falls:
“Upon seeing Iguazu, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed "Poor Niagara!" Vastly larger than North America's Niagara Falls, Iguazu is rivaled only by Southern Africa's Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe (this is excluding extremely large rapid-like falls such as the Boyoma Falls). Whilst Iguazu is wider because it is split into about 270 discrete falls and large islands, Victoria is the largest curtain of water in the world, at over a 1600 m wide and over 100 m (350 ft) in height (in low flow Victoria is split into five by islands; in high flow it can be uninterrupted).”
“Iguazu, however, affords better views and walkways and its shape allows for spectacular vistas. At one point a person can stand and be surrounded by 260 degrees of waterfalls. The Garganta do Diabo has water pouring into it from three sides. Likewise, because Iguazu is split into many relatively small falls, one can view these a portion at a time. Victoria does not allow this, as it is essentially one waterfall that falls into a canyon and is too immense to appreciate at once (except from the air).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls
