That´s not a waterfall...

We´ve posted some pics of a few waterfalls on the blog but yesterday we saw the Daddy of all waterfalls. Iguazu falls is made up of 127 individual waterfalls. The biggest is called the devil´s throat and it´s almost a complete circle (270 degrees). They´re a similar size to Victoria falls although that wins the prize as the world´s biggest as it´s one indidvidual waterfall. A couple on our trip had seen Vic falls but they said Iguazu was much more impressive (so we´ve saved our selves a trip to Africa).

The falls are amazing, they straddle the border between Brazil and Argentina (and Pàraguy sort of). In Argentina you get up close to all the falls, but from the Brazillian side you get to see them all together, the panoramic view.

They are a massive tourist attraction and for most of the day we were trying to get ahead of the tour groups of elderly Americans who shuffled along at a snail´s pace blocking all the path ways, all in matching sun visors.

It was sweltering, 40 degree heat (a far cry from the weather at home at the moment), and we´d read in the Lonley Planet that the Sheraton did a brilliant lunch buffet, overlooking the falls for just $10US - Air conditioned, so that was our lunch plans sorted. Anyway we got to the Sheraton and found the price was actually $30US, the rest of the group all turned round to find somewhere else, but Gav and I walked in and pulled up a couple of chairs at the buffet. Well he´s got a job now. It was a great lunch. I think they put the price up to keep the back packers out.

Phew, we´re up to date now. We crossed the border into Brazil today and will see the falls from a helicopter tomorrow on the Brazilian side.