The last supper

I can´t believe this is my 2nd to last day in South America. Where has time gone?!??! :( As such I didn´t waste a minute of my time today. After gulping down one of the best breakfast I´ve had in a long time, I caught a bus to the National Park on the Argentinian side. I was told it would be more spectacular and I wasn´t deceived one bit. The Brazilian side offers a panoramic view but the Argentinian side plunges you right in it. Since I had seen the falls from the ground and the air, the last alternative was to see it from the water. Little did I know I would get soaked to the bones. They literarily bring you near the devils throat. It felt as if someone was throwing buckets of water at you. Of course I was wearing khaki pants because I decided to save on weight on my treks and left my shorts at home. Oh...and I was too cheap to buy new ones for the ride. No worries though my pants dried in a few minutes because of the intense heat since I´ve been here. Lets not even talk about the humidity. Never experienced anything like it. I guess there´s a reason for the tropical forest around here.

I took a few more shots of the Devils throat or Garganta del Diablo as it´s known here. The sheer amount of water coming down is just unbelievable. I´m told it makes the Niagara Falls look like a trickle. Guess I´ll have to check it out one day. I took tons of pictures as usual and hopefully one of them will do a good job at capturing the immensity of it all. Fingers crossed.
I know I´ve been complaining about eating too much meat but I couldn´t resist going back to yesterday´s restaurant and indulge in a thick juicy fleshy piece of meat yet again. That has to be the best restaurant I´ ve been in Argentina thus far. And all this for just US$17.00.

OK now you might ask yourselves why do I have a picture of a toilet bowl in this blog. Venture a guess? Again the scientist in me has always wondered if flushing the toilet in the southern hemisphere would result in the water swirling the other way. All truth be told having some object in the water at the time of flushing makes a world of difference in visualizing this physical phenomenon. I thought I´d spare you on the ¨object¨. :) Do notice my ¨original flip flops¨ from Brazil though.

Well tomorrow is my travel day. I´m flying back to Buenos Aires and then to California. I´ll send a last update if possible. Good night all.