Another early morning as after breakfast Leonardo would take me to the
Brazilian side of the border to view the falls and see a bit of the
city (Foz de Iguazu ?). The border crossing went smoothly at both the
Argentinian and Brazilian stations. This part of Brazil certainly
seems a bit more prosperous than what I had seen in Argentina and once
again this city seems to be focussed on tourism. First stop was the
Bird Sanctuary where I was able to wander around for a couple of hours
looking at the amazing, colourful birds found in the jungles of South
America. I couldn't get good photos of many of them as they wer behind
wire mesh. There was also a butterfly house and many Bromileads in the
gardens.
Then it was across the road to the national park centre and time to
join my first queue for the day to get a day pass which would also
cover the bus fare to the walk alongside the falls.
Then another queue to get on a bus and a 20 min or so bus ride to the
walking tracks. There are not as many tracks on the Brazilian side and
they also had some where you got quite wet just from the spray thrown
up by the falls. the walk was a couple of kms long and involved a bit
of up and down stairs so my knee was starting to ache a bit. Once
again the views were amazing and the sheer volume of water going over
the falls is staggering. At the tourist centre at the end of the walk
I noticed they also had Coati wandering around trying to get food from
the tourists but no monkeys. A short queue and I was back on a bus to
the visitor centre where I had some lunch and a drink.
Leonardo picked me up and then we had a tour of the city, including
stopping off at a point where the Iguazu river met another river which
was much bigger. At this intersection you could see three countries,
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Then it was back to the hotel via the
Brazilian and Argentinian border stations, where once again everything
went smoothly. As the knee was aching a bit I spent the rest of the
afternoon resting up and organising photos before having dinner at the
hotel restaurant before having an early night as I needed to be up
early in the morning to catch my first flight.
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