Iguazu Falls

I can only imagine that the first people to lay eyes on this place must have thought they had wandered into some sort never never land. Massive waterfalls surrounded by lush rain forest, mists of water rising creating huge rainbows and thousands of beautiful, colourful butterflies.
Iguazu falls is a pretty jaw dropping experience. They are absolutely huge, thundering spectactularily over the rocks into the river below. These are some seriously noisy (and tall, 80 metres in fact!) waterfalls!
There are two sides, one in Argentina and one in Brazil. I visited both sides and this was the place that I crossed over into Brazil for the next chapter of my South American journey.
The Argentinian side is where you can get up close and personal with the falls (all 275 of ´em!!), and the Brazilian side is where you get the grand overview. Most people enjoy the Argentinian side more, but I have to say that I am a bigger fan of the Brazilian side - far less people and I think seeing the falls on the larger scale was much more impressive. Oh, and there are some creatures running around that looked eerily similiar to R.O.U.S´s (Rodents of Unsusual Size, for those not familiar with The Princess Bride!!)
Although, there are far more butterflies on the Argentinian side. I have to say it was quite an experience to have 20 or so butterflies drinking water off me after I had been sprayed by the falls. I felt extremely popular!


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Me and the Falls on the Argentinian side

Me and the Falls on the Brazilian side

R.O.U.S´s