DAY 7: Apr 2, 2012
IN BRAZIL SIDE OF IGUACU ONCE AGAIN.
We started the twenty-four hr menstruum a petty tardily yesteryear our common standards--so had to hold off inwards queue amongst the full general crowd for tickets at 10.30. We are thence used to last everywhere brilliant together with early, thence it was a fleck of an final result wasting fourth dimension inwards a queue.
This is the rainbow puddle at the entrance of the national park.
All trails marked here...
READY FOR THE JEEP RIDE--glass top for the jeeps.
on the double decker...
About 23 km or xv miles before the junction where Iguacu joins Parana river, are the smashing Iguassu Falls,
Walking the trail on the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls is tardily equally said earlier.
There is a master copy trail, some 1,600 meters (one mile) long. This leads us along the river amongst its many smaller falls to the base of operations of the biggest waterfall GARGANTA DEL DIABLO where a catwalk extends out over the brink.
nosotros did all the trails/several levels together with had a smashing time
This side provides a skillful full general persuasion of the falls.
At the top the trail leads to the terminate of the tour inwards front end of the Iguassu River inwards a higher identify the falls.
Here, in that place is a souvenir shop, We bought some overnice Tshirts amongst the logo together with lovely souvenirs also amongst macaws together with the famous semiprecious rock of Brazil.
. There is a lovely bird common on Brazil side but side yesteryear side to the national park. 28R$ entry; opened upward 8.30—5.30
This is cherry-red ibis on tree...and flamingos on the ground...
Flamingos on the the world at the bottom of pic.
These are gray crowned cranes--This species together with the closely related black-crowned crane are the entirely cranes that tin sack roost inwards trees, because of a long hind toe that tin sack grasp branches.
The grey-crowned crane is nigh 1 one thousand (3.3 ft) tall together with weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)and a wingspan of two one thousand (6.5 ft). Its trunk plumage is mainly grey. The wings are also predominantly white, but incorporate feathers amongst a make of colours. The caput has a crown of potent golden feathers. The sides of the human face upward are white, together with in that place is a brilliant cherry-red inflatable pharynx pouch. The neb is relatively curt together with grey, together with the legs are black. They receive got long legs for wading through the grasses.
The grey-crowned crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, together with jumping. It has a booming telephone outcry upward which involves inflation of the cherry-red gular sac. It also makes a honking audio quite dissimilar from the trumpeting of other crane species. Both sexes dance, together with young birds bring together the adults. Dancing is an integral role of courtship, but also may last done at whatsoever fourth dimension of the year.
photographic television camera shy....
Here's a toucan on the branch--this is a shy guy--there are really naughty ones equally well
This is Curassow restricted to tropical South America.
Amazing how all birds are out inwards the open--there is a internet high upward inwards the ceiling though.
Here are green, yellowish parakeets.
These colorful macaws are thence noisy...
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 naughty toucan caught inwards flight...it was sort of purposely flying depression really nigh us...whooshing yesteryear us equally if playing...
the same toucan flying depression yesteryear us together with and then turning its dorsum on us.
Then nosotros were inwards the reptiles section—iguana here...
Caiman sunning itself nigh pond
turtles hardly visible inwards pic.
Here's the dreaded rattlesnake.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dissimilar colored toucan--they come upward inwards v shade combinations
Here are some lovely macaws... overnice eating seat amongst alive music.
A guy was helping us grip a macaw. Could receive got spent a whole twenty-four hr menstruum amongst this sweetie...weighs quite a bit, claws experience similar barbed wire.
This is a mature sweetness bird equally opposed to the naughty ones nosotros saw earlier
Scare at the Airport:
We were inwards hurry for our flying which was scheduled at 3.45pm. We were both flying dorsum to Rio from where I was to last on my international flying dorsum to Houston patch boy had to receive got the domestic flying to Sao Paulo.
We caught a taxi dorsum to our hotel a km away, got their costless shuttle ride to the drome some other km away. As nosotros won't receive got adequate fourth dimension at the Rio drome before taking our divide flights, I spent few minutes repacking our bags.
We together with then went to the checkin counter at v minutes before three PM. The guy in that place took his fourth dimension together with and then told us "CERRADO"... nosotros are too tardily for checkin together with the gates are closed! The flying timing had been changed to 3.20 together with they were boarding. It is such a pocket-sized drome together with people were walking to the plane nosotros could encounter through the window.
We requested him repeatedly to permit us cheque our 1 handbag together with bring together the boarding line, We showed him our onward flying tickets for international together with domestic connector together with pleaded. But he vehemently refused maxim checkin closes at 3pm together with pointed at the wall clock in that place which was showing three but then. But we had been standing in that place for v minutes when he chose non to attend to us together with frankly nosotros had idea the flying was at 3.45; that had been the original schedule! The guy was smirking at our misery together with said nosotros tin sack purchase novel tickets all over!
Our occupation was everything should last rescheduled together with walkup international flying may non last easy
Son was contemplating buying novel flying tickets together with asking him for suggestions . I told the guy "I would similar to beak to your supervisor please". He called upward a girlfriend together with nosotros made a fervent asking to her. She was on phone, gestured us to wait, together with then thankfully called upward an employee to receive got our checked handbag after tagging it. She also gave us our boarding passes. Took her but a coiuple of minutes! We thanked her profusely together with joined the draw of piece of work of boarding passengers together with got on our plane
Whew! From together with then on we ever cheque our flight's timings on the official site looking out for changes.. to a greater extent than oft than non nosotros larn an e-mail informing of changes, but it doesn't wound to last careful!
Isla San Martin
Hang gliding inwards Rio:
VIDEOS:
Here are videos of the Terrific Iguazu falls on Brazil side, Argentine Republic side equally good equally the isle San Martin, all amongst music together with captions.
brasil iguacu
Argentine Republic Iguazu national park
Hang gliding inwards Rio:
Here are some pics of the tandem flying boy took before he returned dorsum home. He had done the canopy, ziplining etc also together with had had a smashing time. Video link above
I'll post the remainder of the videos a petty afterward equally this has been thence hugely delayed. We would render to AWESOME ARGENTINA for a 17 days opor-garai which I'll encompass soon
I'll post the remainder of the videos a petty afterward equally this has been thence hugely delayed. We would render to AWESOME ARGENTINA for a 17 days opor-garai which I'll encompass soon
I wanted to operate yesteryear along amongst Awesome Argentine Republic where nosotros had a 17 twenty-four hr menstruum opor-garai but decided I'll root amongst our recent xviii twenty-four hr menstruum opor-garai inwards New Zealand...it starts here:
http://www.kris-sapiutri.blogspot.com/search?q=how-to-plan-trip-to-new-zealand
Brazil/Argentina Trip Report, Twenty-Four Hr Menses 7: Brazil, Iguazu National Park
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