Mar 4 Iguazu Falls, Brazil

We felt like we hadn't seen enough waterfalls, so we opted for the optional morning trip over to Brazil to see the waterfall from that side.  The international border puts 80% of the waterfalls on the Argentinian side, but 80% of the views are on the Brazilian side.

The Loi Suites hotel was very elegant.

 The drive from our hotel to the Brazil National Park only takes about 30 minutes.  You add at least another 30 minutes for exiting Argentina and entering Brazil.  Same, but reversed, for the return trip.  Here's the bridge crossing the Iguazu River, downstream from the falls.  This is the border between Argentina and Brazil, and there in the distance is Paraguay, which we did not enter.  All three countries come together where three rivers join.

On the bridge you can see the blue/white painting of the barriers, the colors of the Argentinian flag.  When you cross the border it shifts to yellow/green, the Brazilian colors

 We also shift from Spanish to Portuguese as we cross the border and enter the national park.

 Our visit here will be a 1.5 hour walk.  It's a combination of the upper and lower walks, and is a one way adventure, mostly downhill.  At the end there's an elevator and the bus will be waiting.

Here's where we enter the walk.  The spectators were pointing at a monkey in the nearby tree, I think.  I was looking at waterfalls.

 Like our previous walks, every five feet there's another gorgeous vista requiring a picture.  What we're looking at here is the area we walked yesterday.  And the river below is where we took the boat.  Since it was early morning, we got the sun on the western wall of the canyon.

 The platform under the Argentinian flag was a location visited yesterday.

 We approach the Devil's Throat.

 We'll be going down to that walkway shortly.

 An iron walkway leads to a great view of Devil's Throat, this time from lower river level.

 Looking downriver

 Best picture of the trip so far

 For Guy and Chic and other dronephiles, don't bring them to Iguazu.

 We elevated up to the bus, crossed back into Argentina, had lunch at the hotel and headed for the airport.  The late afternoon flight got us back to Buenos Aires in early evening.  This was our tour of BA on final approach.  Eva Peron is buried in a cemetery underneath the airplane.  This was also one of the hardest landings I've had flying.  There was a crosswind and after making the last moment correction for heading the plane pretty much fell out of the sky for the last 20 feet and headed down the runway with a loud thump and a strong left turn.

 A short bus ride to the terminal, baggage claim, the bus ride to the port, through the terminal and yet more stamps in the passport, we board another bus to shuttle to the ship.  Home Again.