Iguazu Falls

We got to the bus station about two hours before the bus left because we wanted to make sure we could get tickets. When we are about to buy tickets, they ask us for our passport numbers. Before we'd left, we had decided not to bring passports b/c we didn't want to loose them and we weren't going to go in to Brazil while we were there. So we made up passport numbers (Nikki's suggestion, apparently she does it for everything). I felt so Jason Bourne when I did it. And just as he is entering the first fake passport number on Markhams thing, he calls Markham over like there was a problem. Turned out he was just curious about how Markham spelled his name. He then asked us what nationality we were, and after we told him US, Martin (our traveling companion) said he was UK, the guy then laughed, and said whatever. He didn't care about the passport numbers at all.

Traveling cama (they have semi cama, cama, and cama ejecutivo prices) was awesome. The seats were like mini beds, and they provided pirated movies and disgusting alcohol during the trip, which was around 17 hours.

We get to the Puerto Iguazu, the little town near the falls, and then eventually find a hostel with the help of this random guy named Fabio. Anyhow, we checked it out, and it was fine.

The falls were amazing. We paid for the truck/boat tour, which was recommended in the book Mr. Shofner gave us, and it was really worth it, minus the truck part which was average. The boats went up rapids, and then close to the garganta del diablo where I saw the best rainbow of my life, and several double rainbows. We then went to the other falls and the boat went under the falls where we got completely soaked. Markham and I were prepared, having brought extra clothes, but Nikki didn't have any to change into, and Martin hadn't even brought a raincoat. Martin was pretty funny at the time, I am amazed at how little he complained. Anyhow I had some extra boxer shorts which nikki just ended up wearing as shorts, and markham gave martin his jeans to wear for the rest of the day.

That night we ate some delicious food (I had some bife de lomo for 33 pesos which was sweet). The next day we went to the top of the garganta del diablo, where there is a series of metal bridges that take you over the river right above the falls, which were awe inspiring. There was also a really funny sign warning you about boa constrictors jumping on people from the trees, so I kept a lookout for the rest of the group. We also learned and played a british game called "Shit Sticks" where you race sticks down a river from one side of a bridge to another.

That's about it. Now we are back at school, had a miserably long and boring exam yesterday for our certification (Markham and I both passed the test, which was on the level we just started that lasts 2 weeks, B2.) Tomorrow we get to watch a movie in class, I think it's called Nine Kings or something. Sandra will cry when we leave.