Las Cataratas de Iguazu

An Israeli girl I had a nice conversation during a rainy day at our mega hostel and she this to me, “Iguazu falls is how I pictured heaven to be.”

That is a perfect description of one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Las Cataratas de Iguazu. I arrived in the Parque Nacional de Iguazu with the expectation that the sight of the enormous string of water falls was going to rock my world. It’s safe to say after one look at the falls my world was rocked.

We occupied nearly six hours in Iguazu Park by walking around and looking at the falls from various angles, trying our best to take a National Geographic-esque photo with our compact 7mb digital cameras. Rather than boring you with a step by step explanation of our un-adventurous adventure through the National Park. I will describe the different ways we experienced the falls.

I wanted all five senses to experience the falls, because a true experience involves all five senses. So Devon and I took the necessary steps to let our various senses indulge in the wonders of the falling water.

Here are the ways our senses went to work.

1. See- We definitely saw a bunch of waterfalls.
2. Hear- We listened to the waterfalls. Seriously, the sound of the water crashing against the cliffs and the river below was phenomenal.
3. Touch- Devon and I forked over 75 pesos to take a nice little boat trip around the Rio de Iguazu, after snapping a bunch of photos of the cascadas from a “different” angle the boat eventually went “into” the falls. When the boat finally ventured into one of the waterfalls, we touched the water, and the water also touched us.
4. Smell- Right before we entered the waterfall in our little boat, Devon and I took a good sniff of the tumbling water. In case you are wondering, it smelled like water.
5. Taste- Now I know you all are thinking… Taste… Taste? How does one taste the waterfalls? I’m going to let you in on a little secret. When our boat made its entrance into the waterfall, Devon and I tilted our heads, opened our lips and let the Iguazu nectar tumble into our eager mouths. Once we had a sufficient amount of Iguazu water in our bocas we swallowed the water. I know this probably wasn’t a good idea, but I am a fair person, and I didn’t want my Taste sense to feel left out. Also, neither Devon nor I got sick so… it was totally worth it.
6. The one thing Devon and I didn’t experience at the falls, was love, so I took a picture of two lovers kissing in front of the waterfalls in front of La Garganta del Diablo. If this picture doesn’t make it onto the cover of the next Romance Novel written by Nicholas Sparks, I don’t know what true love is.

After seeing this I just wanted to be in Love..

Anyways, the beauty of Iguazu more than exceeded my expectations.

Devon and I spent the next two days in Iguazu tanning and reading by the gigantic pool at our mega hostel.

This is a useless Train of Thought… but you should probably just read it. After our departure from Iguazu, I have spent a good amount of time wondering how the first person reacted when they laid eyes upon the beauty of Iguazu Falls. Since I’m an expert in this field I am going to make a very well educated guess and say the person smiled, stared at the falls for a while, splashed a bunch of water on his/her face, stared at the waterfalls for another 3-4 hours, then ran and found a bunch of his/her friends to share the wonderful discovery they just made.