The Amazing Falls of Water

Just had ThE best day!! Arrived here in Puerto Iguazu yesturday midday after our 17hour bus trip from Buenos Airies. The bus was amazing, it was Cama Suite which means the seat fully recline and we got orderves and i had a whiskey! it was great. The bus attendant guy only spoke spanish though so it made for embarassing moments...he tried to explain things then a guy who spoke english two seats up tried to tell me in english but icouldnt hear thanks to my rediculously bad hearing, so then the bus guy repeated the english loudly. It was all very messy.
Had a great sleep then arrived here with rain and thunder storms, got soaking wet, and it turns out Claire´s crush from Macpac, ol´Leo lied to about our packs being waterproof so now everything is damp. But anyway thats not what im here for.

Today we went to the National Park at 9 and it was the greatest place ive ever been, and ive been to some amazing places before. We first walked the track that goes around the top , the waterfalls were huge! so amazing that there is always that much water going over... and so we stood in awe for a while... i cant even describe it. (i was going to upload some photos now but it turns out this internet cafe is crap and the computer is slower than the one at home , that mum must be on to read this *snigger snigger* .

There was so much to see , there were lookouts all the way around the top and the entire time i was thinking " Dad should be here, this is incredible" . Next we walked the lower track, which was also amazing, there were lots of lizards and bright yellow butterflies, and the sun came out and the waterfall mist cooled us down. There were little ant eater creatures forraging in the rubbish bin and i knelt down and one came over then grabbed at my coke with its big claws,,, it was super cute...i named it Larry. The paths were all really full of ppl because we had to take a little park train ride so everyone arrived at the same time, so it meant alot of pushing to get good views of the waterfalls ,we were super snap happy and got hundreds of phtos. After the lower track we had our sandwiches ( NIcky bought Oreos too) then headed to the island that is in the middle of the falls. The line for the shuttle boat was long. Once on the other side we were able to go for a swim!

I´ve swum at the Iguazu falls!!!

-One the most beautiful places in the world!! walked around the island and saw lizards like mini comodo dragons, dont know what species they were , but ill try find out. Also went to a lookout that had a view of where all the vultures nest up on the top of the trees at the top of the island! I liked that part alot. They were huge, wingspan as big as maybe both my arms... a little shorter, and when we were at the falls you can see al the birds circling up above and swooping around and into the forest. there was also a lookout on the island that faced the falls, and there is a portion of the falls that isnt just huge amounts of water but rocky outcrops that water slowly goes doown then levels off then falls again...man.. so beautiful.
After the Island we went on a jetboat ride around and into the falls! thats right, into the falls! i was wearing my togs coz im smart so it was great.. that a whole lot of water though! couldnt open my eyes. THe.MoST. FuN. and then went through the rapids down the river a bit , got off and onto a big fourwheel truck thing and went through the jungle. The guide said that there are usually monkeys but this time of year they dont see them much coz its summer so all the fruits are flower all through the forest so they avoid human parts. Bummer.. i love monkeys. but was still cool. Found out what Palm Hearts are ( always on menus) turns out its the growing part of a palm tree. They harverst it then the tree dies. so im glad i havnt ordered that at all. id have felt guilty.
finished up exhausted and boiling hot. In the sun is sweltering.. and so humid too. Applied a great deal of suncscreen all day so i guess ill find out soon whether or not that worked.

I think im having the most fun possible.

Tomorow we head to Brasil. we were planning a half day on the brazil side of the falls but theyr only short and from a distance and it costs 60peso (about $40 NZ) to enter the park so we figured we´ll skip it and head straight through to Campo Grande and start the Pantanelle tour , then on to CarnIVaL!

Like i said, no photos this time, so sorry ... it takes so long and all the computers are useless.. i will eventually, promise.