Foz de Iguaçu

Yesterday we went to Iguazu Falls. Over 250 waterfalls within the national park. The river seaparates Brazil and Argentina. The Argentine side is called Cataratas de Iguazu, but I have been looking for a good excuse to use the ç letter, and why not in the title (that is the name of the Brazil side). All of the falls were extremely impressive, but Garganta de Diablo (Devil´s Throat) was mind blowing. The size and the amount of water going over the falls was just incredible. We were able to get very close on a cat walk and look over at it. It is shaped like an enormous semi circle, making it all the more impressive. There is a species of bird that lives behind waterfalls and they could be seen flying around in the mist in what appeared not to be a search for food, but just a way to have a really good time. There were also thousands of butterflies in the park. They constantly landed on us and would stick out their long tongues to drink our sweat or the water from our shirts or back packs. There is a theory that waterfalls cause negative ions which bring about extreme happiness in humans. I believe we can call that theory confirmed.

We have found an internet shop here with a fast connection, so we will try to share some photos in reverse chronological order:

This is Garganta del Diablo. There is no way to do it any justice with a photo, but it is still impressive. The land you see in the distance is Brazil.


The forest fire prevention representative in Argentina is an Owl. I was trying to look like the owl, but I believe I was mostly unsuccesful. I believe this Owl could probably share better information than Smokey the Bear regarding forest fire prevention. However, he may be less likely to do so because as a bird, he will be less effected by the forest fire than Smokey, who is unable to fly.


Tracy with just a small part of the beautiful landscape. We were able to get pretty close to the falls thanks to the really nice trails and catwalks at the park.


BIG CITY BUENOS AIRES
Here are a few photos from BA.

This is the Casa Rosada. It is the same function as the White House.


The parrilla is the popular and customary food of choice in Argentina. It is quite a lot of meat.


This is Tracy in front of a part of the centro of Buenos Aires. You can see the old architecture in the foreground with the new building in the background. There was lots and lots of both in the huge city. Somewhere around 12,000,000 people live in BA and the urban neighborhoods surrounding it.


We had a good time on the farm and are looking forward to our next farms here in Argetina. We especially enjoyed becoming friends with Hector. We have said a lot about him in other posts, but we cant say anough about what a cool guy he is. This is Hector and I working to spread chicken poo over a field. The spreader was designed to spread chemicals which come in handy little pellets that do not stop up the machine. The chicken poo, which was shoveled from the floor of chicken houses was complete with feathers, dirt, and other various pieces, so it stopped up the old spreader pretty bad. So Hector designed a seat so he could continuously shove the organic fertilizer into the spreader and then he trusted me to drive him around the field.