We were to fly from Rio to Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.  However, our plane had issues and we stopped in Sao Paulo briefly to have it repaired.  We toured the city and marveled at the astonishing amount of graffiti.  On high rises and even underneath freeway overpasses-truly Spiderman feats!  Then we flew into intense jungle to Iguazu’s little airport and were taken to the beautiful hotel.  Iguazu is the largest waterfall in the world.  It is so big it makes its own weather!  We were advised to not take walks off the property as it can be quite dangerous.  Jaguars, venomous snakes, etc. are everywhere here.  

Arrival at our hotel and starting out the next day to see the falls from the Brazilian side of the three intersecting nations.


History of the falls:  <https://iguazufalls.com/news/what-is-iguazu-falls-a-bit-of-history-and-relevance/>

Hotel Cataratas.  Only hotel here in 2001.  Beautiful. learn more here: <https://www.belmond.com/hotels/south-america/brazil/iguassu-falls/belmond-hotel-das-cataratas>.

Looking out from our room.

View of part of the falls from the hotel lookout.

Nearing sunset on first day.

Up next day to visit the Falls

Beginning path along falls.

Precarious looking Outlook we were going to.

Getting really wet now!

Marilynn and I at the Brazilian Outlook.

We took each others pictures!

Abe at the overlook.

Abe and Marilynn.

My favorite of the falls.

The Argentina side of the Iguazu Falls.

Abe and Quonnie and our group.

Marilynn and her mom.

Portrait of Marilynn.

The falls on Argentina’s side.

That’s the overlook we were on for the Brazilian side of Iguazu.

This section is called the Horseshoe.

Our zodiac went underneath these waterfalls!

The Parana River’s entrance to Iguazu Falls.

This is called the Cauldron.

The last memory of Iguazu Falls.

Three countries meet here at Iquazu Falls.

Then we took a zodiac ride into this gigantic series of falls and boy did we get wet!

Riding through the jungle to the zodiac dock.

Arrival at the dock.

Marilynn

Going upriver at speed and then by a large flock of Great Egrets to Horsehoe Falls—and NO, I hid the camera so there aren’t any shots of cascading water straight down on us.