12 - YeeHaw!

A fantastic day in the neighborhood!

Iguazu Falls is located where the Iguazu River tumbles over the edge of the Paraná Plateau, 23 kilometres (14 mi) upriver from the Iguazu's confluence with the Paraná River.[1] Numerous islands along the 2.7-kilometre (1.7 mi) long edge divide the falls into numerous separate waterfalls and cataracts, varying between 60 metres (200 ft) and 82 metres (269 ft) high. The number of these smaller waterfalls fluctuates from 150 to 300, depending on the water level.[3] About half of the river's flow falls into a long and narrow chasm called the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese).[1] The Devil's Throat is U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide, and 700-meter-long. Placenames have been given also to many other smaller falls, such as San Martin Falls, Bossetti Falls and many others.[3]

So this first photo below is only a small part of the total falls width. Click the photo below to see the larger photo in high resolution. Rather impressive!









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The Devil's Throat











This harpist was making lovely music near where we had lunch>


This is a Coatimundi who was also looking for some lunch. They are raccoon-like animals found most anywhere here. Real beggars!



Jack in the director's chair after lunch.


Billed as The Great Adventure, we took a boat ride along the river to right under the falls. We had to make our way down a trail to don our life vests, get a rubber bag to put valuables in, and board the boat...






They gave us a thrill, doing fast sweeping 180's in the rapids churned up by the falling water... and running full speed at the cascading falls, only to veer off at the last minute, splashing everyone with a big sheet of water. A primal thrill... man and water. YeeHaw...







Then we made our way back through the jungle, the easy way this time, ready to head to our next destination... home!



After dinner at a nearby river fish restaurant with Carlos and most of the 10 folks who made this extension trip to Iquazu Falls.



Then the next day and a half was spent getting back home. We flew back to Buenos Aires again, had a little time to get the stuff we had left at the hotel, and then back to the airport for a 10:00 PM flight to Dallas and then home. As is usually the case in Argentina, the flight to Dallas was delayed, but we did make our connection, arriving home tired but very satisfied.

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