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Category Archives: Brazil

Tres Países y Tres Ciudades

February 17, 2013 in Argentina, Brazil, South America Leave a comment

On our taxi ride back to the hotel after leaving Brazil, we stopped at an overlook where the Rio Iguazú flows into the Rio Paraná. The Paraná River separates Brazil and Argentina from Paraguay, which lies on the western side of the Paraná, and each of the three countries has an overlook and a monument … Continue reading →

Coati

February 17, 2013 in Argentina, Brazil, South America Leave a comment

About halfway along the Path of the Falls Walk, we came upon a band of coatimundi, or coati as they’re called here. These mammals are relatives of our raccoons and cousins of the animals Dale and the kids saw in Guatemala years ago (I was laid up, sick, in Belize at the time). This pack … Continue reading →

The Devil’s Throat

February 17, 2013 in Argentina, Brazil, South America Leave a comment

About half the water coming off of the Paraná Plateau at Iguazu Falls flows into the Devil’s Throat, dropping a total of 250 feet, though making that fall in two jumps. The highlight of our time in the Parque Nacional do Iguaçu was the boardwalk that has been built out onto the lower cascade jump … Continue reading →

Parque Nacional Do Iguaçu

February 17, 2013 in Argentina, Brazil, South America Leave a comment

We spent yesterday at the Parque Nacional do Iguaçu on the Brazilian side of the Iguazú River. The Rio Iguazú (the Iguazú River) is the national boundary between the province of Misiones, Argentina, and the state of Paraná, Brazil. Back in the 1930s, Brazil and Argentina established national parks across from each other at the … Continue reading →

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