Uooowww Iguaçu

After a 20 hours bus from Rosario to Puerto Iguazu we finally reached our destiny. A little bit tired but still up for a walk through the city (more like a Pueblo) and enjoyed the wonderful view from the 3 countries divided by the rivers Parana and Iguacu. The weather was great and we were in for party after a long time. There we met a group of very nice Brazilians (that later invited for a churrasco) and indeed it was a funny night.

(Murta as a tourist)

Next day, waking up early in the morning and Paulo almost dead with a big hangover we went to the park to see the Cataratas. This place is worth to see, amazing! We had never seen such a power of the nature, the strength and continuous flow of water is difficult to explain, and the number of waterfalls is unexpected. As it was Sunday and a holiday in Argentina the park was quite busy and full of cameras all around which made us dizzy. But all the trails and paths in the park were very worth it to be visited.

On the evening we went to Foz do Iguacu, the Brazilian side of the Cataratas and as soon as we stepped the Brazilian land Murta start dancing as a child does when receives a new toy – Murta was smelling good food and some good sertenajo to dance. 

We were received by our friends from the club of Saturday night. We got in a Brazilian asado (churrasco) with a very nice group which quickly introduced us to everyone there. After this we went to our contact in the city, Murilo, a very nice guy who was awake until late waiting for us. We had a small conversation and then went to bed.

In the next day we woke up to visit the Cataratas but not without trying and remembering a Brazilian food. Found a free buffet for U$S 4 and the consequence was a disaster: eating the maximum we could. I must admit that after that we felt a little ashamed for our manners, especially Murta. We visited the park and got surprised; the Brazilian side is even more beautiful with some of the most beautiful panoramic sights we had ever seen. After spending a few hours feeling and admiring the hugeness of lots of waterfalls we went to a Bird´s Park just nearby, where we had the chance to walk with the birds passing by us in what would be a natural wild life. Paulo, as usual, was full of fear and hiding behind me from the biggest birds.

Obs: It looks like Paulo is near the bird but in fact he was 2 meters away

On Monday we visited the Itaipú Dam, the biggest in the world in annual energy generation, generating 94.7 TWh in 2008 and 91.6 TWh in 2009. It´s located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay and by the agreement 50% of the energy generated is sold to Brazil and the other 50% is sold to Paraguay. Also, the dam has around 3.000 workers, half of those Brazilians and the other half Paraguayans. It basically supplies 90% of the electricity consumed by Paraguay and 19% consumed by Brazil.

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