9-12 (Friday)

We had breakfast in the hotel then walked down to the bank so Barbara could change some money. After she waited in line forever they told her they didn´t change money. We walked to another bank on the other end of town (it isn´t very big) and they said they changed money. While she waited in another long line I went back to the hotel to wait on her. When she came walking up I could tell something was wrong. She said when she got up to the teller she was told she had to fill in some paper before getting to the teller. She left with no changed money.



We walked to the local bus station and bought a ticket to Iguazu Falls (15 pesos round trip.) As we were driving out to the falls it started raining. At breakfast I saw a guy in the parking lot selling ponchos so I ran out and bought one for each of us.



We paid our fee (14 for Argentineans and 40 for foreigners.) The park is very well maintained with lots of bathrooms, snack bars and trash cans. The paths are beautiful even though in some places they were slippery today because of all the rain. It would rain, stop, and then rain again.



Some of the metal walkways went over parts of the river. The falls were just magnificent. We walked the inferior trails (isn´t that a funny nameÇ) and the superior trails today also known as the lower circuit and upper circuit.



The upper circuit is a half hour walk along trails with little difficulty because there are no steps. It goes deep into the jungle. All of a sudden you have a breathtaking view of the Falls.



The lower circuit is more difficult because it has stairs. Today was slow because they were wet and slippery. The lower circuit goes all the way down to the river. It was here that we took a boat over to San Martin Island. To get to the top of the island you had to climb 200 stairs. We saw some unusual birds, plant life and different views of the falls.



I would guess we left the park around 4:30 or 5:00 as it was beginning to get dark. We took the bus back to town. Barbara went to take a shower and wash clothes and I went to the net. Tonight we ate in a lovely little restaurant in town and split a beer.