Iguaza Falls, Spectacular

Well, I haven't posted since we went to Iguazu Falls.  Iguazu is a Gurani word that means Big Water.  We took 200 photos and none of them do the falls justice so we bought a DVD.  We haven't had a chance to look at it but we will when we get home. 

I'm just going to post a few of the falls.  There are actually over 200.  The biggest and most spectacular is called "Devil's Throat".  Another one we liked was called "Two Sisters."

Here we are in front of Devil's Throat.  Iguazu is much larger than Niagra.  You can see a different view from the Brazilian side but we did not have a visa to go into the country.  We were amazed at what we did see.  We also saw this little creature that appeared quite cute called a coati  It turned out to be a pest.  We had so many photos of them.  Neil kept clicking and I kept deleting.

They would jump on the table and still food and they bite.  So I wanted nothing to do with them. There are signs up everywhere not to feed them and we saw a girl doing so.  I couldn't watch because I was afraid she'd get bit.  Anyway, they were everywhere.

A young brother and sister named Daniel and Emma let us stay at their home while we were in Iguazu.  She was raised there and he is from Buenos Aires.  They were such kind hosts.  Thanks Daniel and Emma. 

Here we are having lunch with them.  They are so cute.

The next day they took us to an animal reserve for injured animals.  Many are extinct so they breed them as well once they are better.  Some they let out into the wild again.  Many animals are hit by cars by tourists there to see the falls.  We saw the usual animals and birds but these are special circumstances.  Daniel's sister works there so we got a special deal.  Thanks again

This is the entrance and Guira Oga is Guarani for bird house.

After visiting here we went to a Guarani exhibit of sorts and saw an enlarged replica of how they trapped animals.  Very interesting.  We had never heard of Guarani until we came here.  Many people in Paraguay speak this language but in Argentina also.

 

The next day we went back to Canuelas.  We had a wonderful time.  Thank you to Sergio and Claudia for the trip and to Daniel and Emma for the place to stay.

There are so many more photos of our wonderful trip to Igagua Argentina and the Cataratas.  My next and final blog will be of our visit with Gaston and Gaby, our trip to Bethel, the final photos we have of the assembly hall and our special thanks to everyone.  Till tomorrow.