|
|
|
|
|
about us |
|
|
see the beast |
|
|
our photo album |
|
|
explore tucson |
|
|
links |
|
|
email us |
|
|
sign our guest book |
|
|
home |
|
www.davidandcarol.com |
|
Our Magnificent Journey |
|
Chapter 14 |
|
2013 |
|
Argentina, Brazil and Peru |
|
|||||
|
Click HERE to see our photos |
We both slept well and woke at 7:30 am. Showered, dressed and enjoyed a delicious breakfast at the hotel of juice, coffee, croissants, eggs, cheese, mango, papaya and chocolate mousse. |
 |
Our hotel, the Grand Crucero, is fairly new on the outskirts of the main part of Puerto Iguazu. So far, we’re very impressed. |
 |
 |
At 10:30 am we caught the Rio Uruguay Cataratas bus to the entrance of Iguazu Parque Nacionale. Paid the AR $130 admission fee and spent the next several hours hiking, avoiding the hungry, sneaky coatimundis and enjoying the massive, majestic Falls. |
 |
 |
Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The Falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. |
 |
 |
| The name “iguazu” comes from the Guarani or Tupi words “y”, meaning ‘water”, and “uasu” meaning “big”. Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Paipi, who fled with her mortal lover Taroba in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. |
 |
 |
On Nov. 11, 2011, Iguazu Falls was announced as one of the seven winners of the New Seven Wonders of Nature by the new Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. |
 |
 |
At 4 pm we found our way back to the parque entrance and took a very comfortable, air-conditioned bus back to the hotel. The day has been overcast and quite hot and humid, so the ride back to the hotel was heavenly. |
Showered and rested at the hotel. At 8 pm we took a taxi to La Ruede, a restaurant recommended by Raphael, the bartender from the Grand Crucero. We enjoyed a delicious dinner of surubi (riverfish) dried tomatoes, fried polenta, Malbec wine from Mendoza, and a creamy chocolate torte with passionfruit ice cream for dessert. |
 |
 |
Took a taxi through the pouring rain back to the hotel where we watched Boca Jr. (Buenos Aires) defeat Barcelona in soccer, one-nil. At 11:00 pm we were fast asleep after our last day of adventure in beautiful Argentina. |
| Previous Day |
copyright 1998 / david
and carol lehrman / all rights reserved |
email david@davidandcarol.com |