Iguazu Falls and Buenos Aires

Hola Amigos,

As we neared the end of our wonderful South America adventure, we were able to zip up to the very northern part of Argentina and see one of the  most incredible water falls in the world - Iguazu Falls.  You can see them from both the Brazilian and Argentinian sides and they are truly fantastic.  I think they are considered the second most important waterfalls in the world with Victoria Falls in Africa being number one and our very own Niagara Falls in Canada coming in third.

The falls are basically located in the Jungle and there are beautiful butterflies everywhere.  One landed on my arm and stayed for a while and Gary had one land on his backpack.  There are incredible walkways all around the waterfalls so it is really easy to see them from the top and bottom.  The movie the Mission with Robert DeNiro was filmed here back in the eighties and the scenery is simply spectacular.

Swarovski Crystal Tree

After three days in Iguazu we flew to Buenos Aires for the last bit of our trip.  We ended up renting an apartment right downtown and it was wonderful.  We went to visit Eva Peron's grave in the Recoleta Cemetary and we saw a live Tango Dance show as well.  We saw the famous Boca Soccer stadium and then a fun highlight was seeing a real Argentinian Soccer game in the big huge stadium.  We saw River Plate play Rosario and it was quite the scene.  People were singing and waving banners throughout the entire game.  We had to make sure we wore the right colours and sit in the right section of the stadium.

Buenos Aires is a fantastic city and we managed to see the symphony in the beautiful Theatro Colon which is the last great opera house built before modern times.  The sound quality rates the highest in the world and our tickets cost less than a burger lunch at McDonalds.  It was funny watching all the Christmas decorations get put up in the city because it was 32 degrees and sunny and warm while we were there.  It sure didn't feel like the snowy Christmases we have in Canada but it was fun listening to Christmas Carols in Starbucks.
We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we would like to wish you all the Best for the New Year 2012!
We are going to do one last post to wrap up this blog and finish everything up.
Feliz Navidad!
Pat and Gary