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Iguazu
Tour
#5 - Brazilian Side (click any picture to get enlargement) |
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Today we returned to the Iguazu area to tour the Brazilian side (see #5 on the map's left side). The tour company ensured we had no troubles today. They got us on time & took us to a pickup area about 2 minutes away. There we had to wait for a half hour near a curio shop; theirs? We then boarded a bus for a 10 minute ride to the border, where we got off, paassed immigration, and got onto another bus. Finally, we got to the falls area ... 3 buses for such a short ride ... complicated! |
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The trail on the Brazilian side started right across from the areas that we visited yesterday; does any of it look familiar? |
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These shots are zoomed in a little more. You can make out the path and bridges that allowed us to walk above these falls yesterday. |
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| This is the big falls that we were very close to yesterday | The weather was much cooler today, which was refreshing! | Here is the trail down to the river where we boarded the boat |
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 A little ways down the path we got some good views of the upper falls ... and the many lower falls... remember, 200+ in all! |
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| Well...
so much for the review of the smaller falls... let's go to the real star of Iguazu, which is the 'throat' area... we were above it yesterday. |
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| I will include quite a few pictures of the 'throat' since each offers a slightly different prespective. | ||
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| They placed the platforms in great spots... to the point where it was sometimes quite scary! | ||
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 We were wondering if the offered river rafting, but this view of the river at this point makes it clear that it would be too dangerous. |
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| A view downstream. | Tourist boat 'visiting' the falls. | |
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| As I pan to the left we see some of the falls on the Brazilian side... there are just so many waterfalls! | ||
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| I then begin to walk up a ramp to get back to the top level, and to the bus parking area. | ||
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I got to the top level, I got some last parting views of the river above the
falls. Iguazu was truly a very special place and should be on everyone's list of places to visit. |
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| This concludes the views from Tour #5 - "Brazilian Side". To continue on to Tour #6
- "Bird Sanctuary", click here |
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