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Iguazú!!!!!!



So we thought that the zoo was the highlight of being in Argentina...well we have found something that has surpassed it...Iguazú Falls! You can tell by the videos that it is amazing how powerful nature is. There are over 200 falls here! And there are 4 big ones; the one in the videos is the biggest one and the picture below is of some of the smaller falls.

This picture was taken on a bridge that was over a little waterfall. The picture is looking down on the fall.

Everything was really green and jungle like.

The ground had so much clay in it that the mud puddles were orange!

The best part of the trip was we got to see a monkey! I was hanging from a tree and picking on a bamboo tree. So COOL! It is so different than seeing monkeys at the zoo. Unfortunately we did not see any toucans. This was probably do to the fact that the sky was exploding with rain. We even got some thunder and lightning.

If you click on the picture it is easier to see the monkey (he is sitting where the branches meet on the center tree)

We where sad to not be able to make it to the Jesuit Mission ruins but we will some day. We just did not have enough time. We got there too late on Friday, spent all day on Saturday at the falls, and left early on Sunday morning. Who knows we might end up living permanently down here someday.

Another little thing about the rain on Saturday was that we got drenched! We figured that we did not need to buy the 4 peso plastic ponchos to stay dry...ha we were wrong! When we sat down to eat for lunch I had my own little waterfall under my chair. There was not a dry spot on me.

Starting out we were nice and dry (Tim's hair was damp from taking a shower).

And ending with us all wet. (crying on the inside)