Iguazu Brazil: Let There Be Water

Today was Iguazu day and what a day it was.... My vocabulary is not sophisticated enough to describe the Falls but I guess I can use; spectacular, awesome, out of this world, never seen before.. All these apply to what I saw today!!! Eleanor Roosevelt described Iguazu Falls best by saying "Poor Niagara" after visiting  Iguazu!!! Nothing prepares you for the size of these falls. It really does not matter whether you have seen pictures or a documentary or whatever else, you will be left speechless once you see them in front of you!! Just amazing... The falls are the largest in the world in terms of volume of water and number of individual falls and the sound is deafening!!

We started our day by taking a taxi to the Brazilian falls, it was a 1/2 hours ride from our hotel. We stood in a line to buy tickets for the Iguazu national park and then walked towards the place where they sold tickets for helicopter rides. We bought tickets for a 10 minute ride over the jungle and the falls. We then patiently waited for our turn to fly and it was all worth it as the pictures will show... Once back on terra firma, we headed to the bus stop for Iguazu national park. We took a double decker bus for the short ride into the park. We were dropped at the first observation point and walked slowly towards the last and most spectacular observation point on the Brazilian side of the falls. The following are few pictures for you to enjoy .....

Flying over the Amazon jungle in a helicopter

Iguazu falls seen from a helicopter 

High above Iguazu Falls 

Different angle from high above Iguazu Falls

Another view of Iguazu Falls from the helicopter 

Ground level view of the most spectacular falls in the Western Hemisphere 

View from the observation deck 

Another view from the observation deck 

One more view from the deck 

And yet another view from the deck 

Jungle animals roaming around looking for food 

Another jungle animal roaming around in the park grounds

I can now say and after the first day of visiting Iguazu falls that Niagara Falls are no match for Iguazu in any head to head comparison and that a visit to Iguazu Falls is well  worth all the trouble and the expenses! Tomorrow we venture to the Argentinian side of the falls which everyone seems to  agree that they are even more speculative !! We shall confirm that tomorrow and certainly hope they are right again...