Iguazu Falls

Holy Week here is called Semana Santa, and it is a time when everyone vacations and travels. Last minute, I bought a package to go to Iguazu falls in Missiones, because I knew I wanted to go somewhere and it was the one of the only packages left. The bus left at 8pm the 19th, and we finally arrived at the hostel at 5pm the 20th. The hostel was really nice, and I was really surprised. I met some German girls the first night and hung out with them some.

On Friday, I couldn´t go to the Brazilian side of the falls because I didn´t have a visa, so I went on this horseback riding thing. Our guides were Guarani, the natives of the area. There is alot of history there about the spanish coming over and teaching them about christianity, and they established alot of churches and communities, but there was conflict with the portuguese at the time.

On Saturday, we went to the Argentine side of the falls and they were INCREDIBLE, BUENISIMO. The most impressive and amazing place I have ever seen. It was paradise.

And then on Sunday, we did this thing called Iguazu Extreme. We did a zipline and went on a boat on the Iguazu river. It was funny because all of these things that we did, I never had to sign a waiver form, we never had any kind of safety talks, we just went right ahead and did it. That was nice. We climbed up this wall to get to the zipline, and it was really annoying because the guy that was belaying, like if you paused even for a second, he just kept on pulling. It was like, you had to climb at his pace or he would just yank you up there. And I got so nervous getting on the zipline, but I just went ahead and did it and it was really fun.

The most amazing part of the trip though was when we went on the boat. They took us to a spot where we could get out and swim, and you know I was one of the few that did. The water was so clear, and the weather was so beautiful. The Iguazu river runs between Argentina and Brazil, and both sides were all nature and it was gorgeous. We swam just past the border marker within the river, so technically I´ve been in Brazil! And then we rode the boat to where the Iguazu River meets Paraná. The form a T and at the top is Paraguay, the left, Argentina, and the right Brazil, so I could see all three countries at once! I´m so glad that I went.