Foz de Iguaçu

I spent one of the most breathtaking weekends of my life this past weekend. No, I didn't fall in love, luckily I've been in love with nature for a while, but this weekend she decided to drench me in her awesome-ness. (literally)

This weekend I experienced the waterfalls of Iguaçu, and for two days every single time I had any view of the waterfall I still caught my breath. Several of the students and I travelled by plane to the border of Brasil, Argentina and Paraguay to see where the othewise gentle Rio Parana becomes a tumult of waves and mists. From the Brasil side of the falls we were able to see the grand vistas of the miles of waterfalls and that was pretty darn cool. We got close to several and I kept thinking to myself "O criacão de Deus é maravilhoso!", which I took from a song I learned in Costa Rica. And it's true. I have never seen a waterfall so big and so many of them. It was incredible, and it never stopped being incredible as I the day continued.

Also on that day I rapelled beside the river while being able to see the waterfalls from my height of 55 meters. (You guys do the math on how many feet that is.) Then I climbed in the trees through a ropes obstacle course, which was really fun, and hiked back to the bus, then spent some time lounging by the hotel pool.

On the next day we crossed the border into Argentina to see that side of the falls. On that side of the falls we were able to get alot closer by foot and by boat. On the boat we only came close to the smaller ones, which were still huge and we could only get so close so as not to be in danger of dying. But we were all completely soaked, and that served as a great cooling element for the rest of the day. On the trails we walked over and around too many waterfalls to count until we reached "A Garganta de Diablo" (Devil's Throat), the largest waterfall of Iguaçu falls.That was absolutely spectacular. There were huge rainbows, deafening thunder, so much mist you couldn't see the bottom, and just an overwhelming sense of awe. By the end of the day everyone was tired from walking everywhere and being so impressed by the views that we went straight to our hotel beds and slept until dinner!

After dinner we went to a club where I tried to dance Brasilian country, and that was really interesting. Then I got to ride on a motorcylce, because they have a really awesome taxi service on motorcycles. That was really fun!

My adventures continue, and I will be sure to keep you all updated!