The amazing Iguassu

After an almost 25 hour bus ride from Rio, i am now in Iguassu falls. There are actually two cities here, one on the Brazilian side called Foz do Iguacu, and one on the Argentinian side called Puerto Iguazu. I´ve spent a few days in both, and seen the falls from both sides. They are truly spectacular, and the pictures do not do them justice.


A part of the falls seen from the Brazilian side.
See the little boat down in the left corner? I took one of those rides, and they take you under the waterfalls. It`s all very touristy, but it was fun anyway.











The "Devils throat". I took a lot of pictures of this from different angles and positions, but they`re all foam and spray so it´s hard to see how insanely cool it really is. On the Argentinian side there is a platform up on the left which let´s you see right down the falls. You are literally standing on top of it, being sprayed by cascades of water. Great stuff:)






More falls, this time from the Argentinian side. The Brazilian side gives a great overview, while the other side is more "hands on water in your face". The Argentinian side is also much more elaborate and takes almost a whole day to see it all. They even have a small choo-choo train to take you to the different parts. With the queuing and all, it was actually faster to walk.








El Cocodrilo! Not too big, but it was chilling under a bridge so I had to take a shot of it. Some children were spitting on its head to make it move. I wanted to throw one of them over the edge, but i hear that sort of thing is frowned upon here.









I was walking to the bus station after having lunch when this trailer was taking a turn too fast. Its whole right side ripped open and spilled out a few tons of paper. Now you know how traffic jams start...










I also visited the Itaipu dam just cause it´s here and it´s the biggest of its kind in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaipu

It has 20 of these generators, and half the power of one of these is enough to supply Paraguay with 95% of its electricity needs. The rest goes to Brazil and supplies about 23% of its needs (these are numbers from the tour, Wikipedia says differently). It produces 1400MW, which is a bunch. Certainly enough to charge your phone and keep the AC on at the same time. Notice my flashy shoes, flip-flops aren´t allowed so i got to borrow some extremely warm workshoes. The hat i would´ve worn anyways, just because:)



Humans on the right, snakes on the left. They actually have a program to teach snakes to read signs here. It´s good to know the entrance fee is put to good use.