So after all that complaining about the bus - it was awesome! We had lazyboy seats and it was really comfortable. We got Cama economico as the top class was not available with that bus but it was neat. You could even read a book for a long time and not feel sick.
Iguazu Falls were amazing. It has to be one of the best sights I have seen in my life. Iguazu National Park consists of 275 waterfalls, the biggest being Garganta del Diablo or The Devil´s throat which is a 70 or 80 something metre drop. When you first enter the park, there are signs that say: ¨Beware. There are dangerous animals. Keep to the footpaths.¨ Well, we are in the jungle after all. We saw big lizards, coaties and lots of different coloured butterflies and birds. And apparently there are snakes too but thankfully we didn´t see any.
You can look at the lower falls - at the bottom looking up, or the upper falls, from the top looking down. Then you catch a train to the Devil´s throat. You walk across the Iguazu River on a platform bridge - it is about a 15 minute walk, you can see the rapids flowing fast beneath you. Once you get to the main viewing platform, it is just overwhelming. If you look down without sunglasses on it is quite difficult because it is so bright. We were standing on top of the waterfall! You can see all these birds flying beneath you in the mist/spray and a beautiful rainbow. And of course, wherever you look - there are all these waterfalls. And beside you is the big water drop. How people can believe that something as awesome as this created itself is beyond me. It shows how powerful and awesome Jehovah God really is. It is definitely something worth seeing if you are heading to Argentina or Brazil. You can hear the falls roar and you get soaked by the spray but it is so hot it is a relief to get wet. A whole day is enough time to have a good look around at the falls.
We had pizza and beer again last night as it is safe and cheap haha. There were lots of kids begging last night, it´s like they´ve been trained to - they ask for money first and then your bottle of drink or your food, then you see them go across the street to their mum and give her a drink. And the dogs are scrawny and sleeping on the streets. When I see things like this, I miss NZ.
It is hot here - 30 odd degrees but it is bearable. We get on another bus tonight to Tucuman - it takes about 21 or 23 hours, we are in semi-cama seats tonight as there are no cama seats, but it should be alright. We may be staying with some of the local brothers and sisters tonight as a brother of a sister maria worked with in BA lives there, although he is not there at the moment, he is finding us somewhere to stay as long as we don´t mind where we´ll be. That is fine as wherever we check in, it will probably be the same and appparently it is not the safest city to arrive in so will be good if we are with some locals. And for the experience.
From Tucuman, we plan to board another bus in the morning to Salta - which is about 3 or 4 hours away. We will spend the day there and then book another bus from Salta to Tarija - where we will be living for the next month. There we will have internet hopefully so I can add some photos and email etc whenever I want!
Talk soon :)
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