After meeting a great bunch of people on the bus we made our way to Puerto Iguassu, the Argentinian side of Iguassu falls. A span of waterfalls that intersect at the Brazilian and Argentinian border.
First I went to the Brazillian side to view the falls.. It was amazing, you could get a real sense of how far the Iguassu falls spaned the earth.
This night we were supposed to see the falls by full moonlight. It was overcast but we didnt think much of it as we pilled into the bus. When we arrived at the falls.. the busdriver - who spoke very little English blerts out "oh no! No moon!" laughs.. and turns the bus around.We all thought that he was taking us to another access point to the falls only to find ourselves back at the hostel with no explaination. Obviously because of the clouds we weren't able to do the tour.. but instead we got to see a Brazillian dance show at the hostel - which turned out to be us the tourists dancing like strippers with the 2 Brazillian ladies wearing practically nothing and a crazy Brazillian guy with a tambourine.
Woke up the next day to see the Argentinian side of Iguassu falls and there was torrential rain.I thought that covering my backpack in a rainproof sac, wearing a rainjacket and then an 'emergency poncho' over everything would keep me dry.. boy would I be wrong.
The Argentinian side put you right into the middle of "Devils throat". The amount of water and the speed at which it was flowing was incredible. It was very dramatic. From this side we were able to take a speed boat right into the falls.. the sun came out at just the right time and a rainbow spanned across the landscape. No raincoat or poncho could keep me from getting absolutely soaked.
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