the spectacularly beautiful san martin falls.
along the argentine-brazilian border, the iguazu river turns in on itself to form a vast semicircle of thundering waterfalls. currently, it's rainy season, when the water is red with silt and flowing far above its normal level. the spray that the water kicks up is impressive, reaching across the sky and regularly splintering into rainbows. the basic conclusion is that this place has far more water than should be allowed in one spot. really, it's mindboggling.


video: the devil's throat, a focal point where several falls converge.
waaaay too much water.
the falls are accessed by catwalks that wind through the surrounding subtrocial rainforest, where you are accosted by butterflies of all sizes and colors. we also managed to spot a couple toucans there! after a couple weeks of basic hostel living and camping, we treated ourselves out to a couple nights in the sheraton inside the national park...our room had a view of the cascades! there's no topping that.


toucans! these guys are so vividly colored and oddly shaped it was hard to believe they weren't animitronic tourist attractions.


the eastern falls.