Days 8&9: more Iguazú and the last of BA

This is it for the trip (we’re home now), but some of the best pictures yet are from Iguazú on the Argentina side. There are more than 200 up in the photo gallery.

As fun as the greedy, hissing anteater/raccoon things were, the wildlife here was much more diverse. Matt and I both had butterflies land on our hands.

And found some crazy tropical flowers.


Most trails were grated metal, which meant it often felt like I was walking on top of waterfalls. I’m not afraid of heights, but found myself backing away from the edge every now and then.

I loved the common sense signs strewn about the park (“no really, going over this fence is a bad idea”).


We managed to find a trail that was a wee bit more challenging. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “hiking,” but it was more what I had expected out of the park.

We took a boat over to an island, which took us as close as we could get to the biggest waterfalls (not part of Garganta del Diablo).

On the island, I played around with the video feature on my camera, which I discovered the day before. I was surprised and impressed with the results:

We returned to BA on Thursday night, and spent Friday seeing the last bit of the city: the famous Caminito and Plaza Lavalle, which has the city’s theaters (being heavily renovated) and judicial courts (the surrounding square is apparently sponsored by LexisNexis).

Our ten and a half hour flight home Friday night to Saturday morning left us in a daze, but glad to be home.