Iguazu

You can see how natives would have believed this to be the end of the world. The devil´s throat (Garganta del Diablo) at Iguazu is a large pit of crashing water which creates a cavernous hole in the earth and belches out fountains of water and a billowing fine spray.

Iguazu must be the most impressive of all country borders, seperating Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay with impressive waterfalls and a laden river.

We were lucky with the weather. It had rained for weeks, closing off much of the park, but on the day we went the sun shone (a good omen for Argentina) and we could walk the bridges to view all the falls and the Garganta.

The river was literally bursting its banks with three times the usual amount of water so we could not get to the island in the middle as it was under water. However the excess water made the falls all the more powerful and impressive with red earth tumbling down them highlighting land in motion.

We decided to get a speedboat trip, the only excursion available, and enjoyed getting closer to the falls and getting completely drenched. We enjoyed it so much that we screamed ótra vez´ each time making the driver take us back for another drenching, much to the disappointment of our wet companions.

We spent the afternoon walking around the falls, monkey spotting and drying off.

It is amazing how harmonious everything is here with fragile butterflies flying dangerously close to thunderous waterfalls.