Iguazu: Day 1: Brasilian Side

Last Wednesday I flew up to Iguazu in the north of Argentina and the border of Brasil to go visit the largest falls in the world: the Iguazu Falls. There are over 275 waterfalls here between Brasil and Argentina. I had the privelage of going to both sides.

I arrived on Wednesday with the sun shining and hardly a cloud in the sky. I was greeted in the airport by a man holding my name on a piece of paper-this was exciting as id never had that before and I always wanted it!- who brought me, along with some other people there, to the Hotel Saint George, where I was going to stay for the next 3 nights. In the mini bus he gave me my itinerary and I was horrified to see the times 08.00 and 08.10 there. That meant I was going to have to get up at 7 to have breakfast and be ready to leave at 8... I havent been up at 7 since I cant remember when. Even when i was working I didnt get up that early.. OR when I was in school!! And im supposed to be on Holidays!!!

But I dealt with this issue when I saw the pool and the big comfy loungers beside reminding me that I can relax all day and then go to bed early and I can come back after my adventures in Iguazu and relax some more. And that is exactly what I did. I sat and soaked the sun for the afternoon, relaxed in my room for awhile and then headed down to dinner. That was interesting. I arrived and had to ask for a table for one and when I sat down at the table the man took away the other place that was set. I felt like a girl that had been stood up on a date or something. Luckily I had my book to keep me company so i didnt look like a complete loser. I ate my buffet meal and headed back to my room and chose between my 3 beds before "hitting the hay" to get a good nights sleep before horrible sound of the hotel phone being my alarm clock woke me up at 7 AM...

And at 7 AM it did wake me.. Oh and can i just say I actually set my phone alarm for 6.45 just to wake me up a little bit, now that is really ridiculous! I literally pulled myself out of bed at 7 and managed to get myself dressed. Luckily breakfast made me feel better, lots of nice fruit and sweet food and by 8 i didnt feel that bad after all! We headed for the border between brasil and argentina, handed in our passports, waited for ages, got our passports back, drove, got off the bus, filled in some paper, waited some more, and then I was next to get my passport stamped. I get to the lady she looks at my passport.. and asks me where my parents are. I explained I was on my own and this girl is staring at me and looking at my passport showing my date of birth to the girl next to her and shaking her head. Eventually my tour guide had to come up and say that I was only going to brasil for the day and that I was returning to Argentina that day, and the passport was stamped and I was on my way! It was almost 10 by the time we reached the park.

After a little bit of a walk we were finally able to see the beauty of the waterfalls. It was breathtaking! a fabulous panaromaic view. The fabulous day contributed majorly! We walked along side the falls for awhile before getting pretty close where there were rainbows everywhere! it was truly fabulous! Words cannot describe how fabulous it looked! Lots of photos were taken to try and capture the beauty of it all! The trip was finished off with a wuick trip in a lift to get a view from up high and then it was off to lunch before more passport stamping and heading back to Argentina to relax in the sun for the afternoon. And then have dinner on my own...again.