Christina Goes to Paraguay! Iguasu Falls (Part 3)

 Iguasu Falls

We crossed into Argentina to visit Iguasu Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world and among the largest water falls on the planet. Iguasu is the widest high falling water fall and has a record of 452,000 cubic feet of water falling over its edge per second. That is like 3,380,960 gallon milk jugs being poured out every second.

Or 5.12 Olympic swimming pools emptied per second. (50m by 25m by 2m holding 660,430 gallons each). 

5 of these.

Hella water per second.

To be fair, the average for a year is only 461,217 gallons falling per second or 70% of 1 Olympic pool per second. 

Still a lot of water.

Iguasu was featured on the Planet Earth program and it was indeed truly impressive. The falls are high enough to create a mist cloud that rises as high as 150 meters and allows for the creation of many rainbows.

Double rainbow guy.

Double rainbow Iguasu

We spent 2 days at the park, exploring the water falls, the nature. Here are some of many photos. 

And, thanks to Christina's suggestion, we got to get soaked under some of the smaller falls. (You can pay to be taken in a boat to get closer to the falls and experience some of its wetness. It was awesome and totally worth it.

On boat

Looks like in nervous but really just biting skin off dry lips

Excitement face?

Yup, going under that.

YAY!!

Soaked after boat ride.

Then there were these guys.

My own picture

The park was also teeming with these Coati. Unafraid of humans after decades of tourism, they boldly loiter around the food vendors and walking tourists, clawing at bags and snatching up anything edible.

Kinda like huge cute Meerkats... that can maim you.

The park warns tourists not to feed or play with the Coati because of sharp teeth and claws but people feed them all the time.

GIVE US YOUR FOOD FILTHY HUMANS.

Its only a matter of time...

Look cute. When he opens the window, bite his head off. 

We passed our nights at touristy nice restaurants where great food, especially beef, was sooo cheap. Meat plates that would have cost us 40 dollars in the US were usually under 20. We took advantage. 

To pass the time we also played the Whose Line is it Anyway game,“film dub” except with other table's conversations. There were couples on dates, beautiful young women with unattractive older men, a peculiar business man who ate alone.

Now role play "I'm old, ugly and rich, you're hot, young and poor."

 It was fun. After a dip in the Iguasu waters it was back to Paraguay to finish off the vacation in the capital of Asuncion and the epic 5 star and historic Hotel Guarani.