Argentina Falls and Porto Canoas

September 3rd.

I decided to check out Argentina once more(the Swiss guy came as well), Last time I came to Argentina I saw the city but this time I wanted to see the falls from there side. Everyone I talked to told me that it was about 10 times better on the Argentinean side.

So I headed over there and when I got there I was blown away!!!! When I saw the Brazilian falls I could not believe them but the Argentinean side was at a whole new level of awesome! The power you hear and feel from the Devils Throat was unreal. You really learn to respect nature and the true power it has. I've provided a picture of the Devils throat but its NOTHING like seeing the real thing.

Another thing everyone recommended and told me I could not leave without trying was the boat tour. You not only see the falls up close but go through them. Epic Epic Epic boat trip.

Afterwards the swiss guy and I went to dinner in Argentina. The food there is so cheap and delicious :) we went to the fanciest place we could find. Ordered the best beef, empanadas and drinks and the total bill was 12 dollars a person! Everything in Argentina is just so cheap!

After dinner I went to another dinner hahaha but this was a special one. It was for the ECOS research conference I came to Foz do Iguazu for. It was the good bye dinner because all of the presentations were coming to an end. This I think was the best part of my experience here in Foz do Iguazu.

At around 7:45 a group of charter buses picked us (Gurgel, me and 200 other scientists) up to go to a restaurant called Porto Canoas. This restaurant is located right beside the top of the falls and your backdrop are the beautiful falls themselves.

(picture of back drop)

Even though the park closes at 6 they reopened it for all the guests of this conference and made an incredible buffet dinner with international food and deserts, live entertainment(show of many dances from brazil) and a walk through the falls at night. This was to see something that is rarely seen(since the park closes at 6). They call it a silver rainbow. This only occurs when there is a full moon(which there was) and what happens is light from the moon reflects off the mist of the water falls and creates a rainbow but since it's dark the rainbow has a majestic silver color to it. Truly a once in a life time moment(No pics sorry it was to dark none came out).

(quick shot of them making the food)

(The entertainment)

I have video of the falls in Argentina. One video is really cool because it's a wild snake hanging above my head only 3 feet away. But I'll upload all the pics and vid when I get to the lab in Brasilia. Next(tomorrow) I head to Rio for a marathon Gurgel and I are running for Brazilian independence :) tchao tchao for now!