IGUAZU

This weekend I flew to Iguazu to visit Las Cataratas (The Waterfalls). They were really amazing & I hope I was able to capture even just a bit of the beauty in my pics. There were Mariposas (Butterflies) EVERYWHERE and these odd looking animals (related to raccoons) strolling around. I met a dad/daughter duo from Switzerland who kept me company the day of the tour and I truly enjoyed the day. Here are some pics... had a hard time editing it down & I even created a butterfly section LOL.

A bit of info:
Their name comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y (IPA:[ɨ]) (water) and ûasú (IPA:[wa'su]) (big). Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. The first European to find the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, after whom one of the falls in the Argentine side is named. The falls were rediscovered by Boselli at the end of the nineteenth century, and one of the Argentine falls is named after him.


AND WE ARE OFF...




















AND WE HAVE ARRIVED...











































Los Pajaros:












Las Mariposas!




















A quick glimpse of my hotel.