After a gruelling 25 hour busy journey (yes, 25 houra!!), from Rio through the lush green and rolling landscapes of Brazil, we finally arrived in the town of Foz do Iguaçu, tired and keen to get a good night's sleep.
It's here that we were to be treated to one of the biggest waterfalls (or more accurately 'collection of waterfalls') in the world - 275 to be exact. I held Niagara Falls in high esteem but was preparing to have it replaced by these Falls. Legend has it that the Falls were created by a god who tried to stop the escape of a young couple in love, of whom the woman was to be offered to the Rio River as a sacrifice. A much more boring explanation involves plate tectonics and lava flows.
The combined views of all the waterfalls that were teased in to view as we walked our trail, got better and better until we reached the horseshoe-styled Falls where we could stick our hands out and literally touch the water. Navita and I got soaked at several points along our day's hike but it was well worth it.
As expected, the views were phenomenal. Brown water turning to white as it crashed down thunderously over the cliff faces. The small power boats being taken out in to the falls (from the Argentine side) looked like wet fun. All we could see, for as far as we could look, was waterfalls upon waterfalls... truly magnificent.
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