Argentina Day 7-8

We are up again early today to catch our flight to Iguazu Falls. Takes about 2 hours by small plane from BA. We are met by our driver, Nadid who takes us the rest of the way to our hotel, 'Hotel das Cataratas'. What a trip. We star off with one vehicle (Argentine plates) about 1/2 way we have to change over to another vehicle (brazil plates) in order to continue into Brazil. We first stop at the border for passport check. We grab a few Reales ($) in case we need them. We continue on for few miles and now we have to go through immigration. The check all our passports and Visa's this time. Finally about 45 min later we are in brazil and only one more checkpoint to go. This one is entry into the park. There are only 2 hotels inside the park. Our hotel on the Brazilian side and the Sheraden on the Argentine side. The only 2 with views of the falls. Our hotel was a 5 star and beautiful but expensive. We immediately signed up for the Zodiak ride up the river to the base of the falls. Talk about white water rafting....only with an outboard motor. It was rough. The views spectacular and boy did we get soaked! One of the gus bought the dvd so hopfully I can share it later. The next morning we hiked the falls early in the morning to try to catch the sun rise. We saw many rainbows in the mist, even one complete one end to end down inside the 'Devils Throat'. After an early lunch our driver took us to our next excursion which was back over on the Argentian side. So, yes, back through all the stops and vehicles again. This time we were picked up by a giant 4X4 military transport vehicle. Taken several miles into the Argentine jungle where the military practices their survival skills. The road was extremely rough. Finally we stopped and hiked for another mile or two. Along the way our guide pointed out flora & fauna, what to eat, what not to, etc. We finally came to a clearing. It was time for our zipline lesson. We climbed up steps attached to a tree (about 40 ft up) then zipped to to more trees about 1000 ft apart. Lots of fun. Next was a short 4X4 drive, then hike again to a small cliff with waterfall. Now it was time to repel down the drenching, slimy, cliff face. Yes, soaked again! But what fun. Now wet and dripping we hiked back to the vehicle for our drive back to the hotel in Brazil. What an exhausting day but worth every minute! Tomorrow early back to BA for our last days in the country. Till then......