Iguazu Falls and Jassy Hotel - simply amazing

What a fabulous two days.  I should have listened to Trip Advisor (my go to source) when they said once you arrive at the Jasy Hotel you will want to stay longer than you planned.  They are so right.  This place is Heaven on Earth.  You are in the middle of a rain forest, there are no bugs (has me a little confused, but oh well) the rooms are comfortable, they have a private balcony, a nice cool pool (which you need when it is pushing +40 with 100%plus humidity) and the best restaurant in town right below your room.  We have now been sharing meals and switched to fish which is amazing.  For the life of me I can't remember what kinds of fish we have tried but they have been rather tasty.  I've decided the only way I'm going to remember the wines I have been trying is to take pictures of the bottles, not that I will be able to purchase them in Canada but hey when people ask I might remember the name, other than Malbec, but no guarantees.  I haven't had a bad one yet and we have been tasting from the bottom of this list lately and they are very good for $7 a bottle.  Yesterday we just got settled in and headed into town to check things out.  We ended up walking all afternoon to find the Hita Argentina, which is where the Rio Parana and Rio Iguazu meet and at the look out you can stand in Argentina and see Brazil and Paraguay.  Peurto Iguazu is a fairly small town and very safe to walk through.  Just before it started to rain we ducted into a cafe for a cervesa to wait out the down pour.

True to Argentina style they serve cervesa in a 1 litre  bottle in either a styrofoam cooler that fits the bottle or a wine cooler with ice to keep it cold.  Way cheaper to buy it in bulk.  LOL. 

I personally like the Brazil beer, but the Argentina brand is also good in this heat and humidity.  As long as its cold.

It's like a natural spa all day long, you sweat profusely and at the end of the day your skin feels amazingly hydrated and soft.  Not a lot of need for moisturiser here.







THE FALLS:

Breath taking to say the least, I am having a hard time finding the words to describe what we saw today,  Massive water fall after water fall.  Jay was right this is definitely worth the trip to see, you would not want to come to this country and miss this amazing wonder of the world.  Niagara Falls is no comparison.  Iguazu Falls is a National Park to begin with, which means there are no large developments such as hotels, restaurants or bars anywhere near the natural park.  No neon signs etc.  It is all in its natural state and well preserved.  All the walk ways are on metal platforms so as not to disturb the rain forest, it is clean and there are many people around to answer your questions.  The area is massive so they use a train to move people from one area to another.

  This is just a sample of what we saw today.  We spent 6 hours in the park, walked many km, got wet from spray because you get up and personal with many of the falls and were amazed at the power all that water has.

I have to say the Argentinians have perfected this one, they have kept the natural beauty and have created an area that thousands of people per day enjoy without destroying the natural habitat.  The rest of the world could learn a few things from these people.

Sadly we have to leave tomorrow and are headed to Mendoza for 6 days.  Hey but we are going into the Argentina wine valley can't be all bad.  At least it won't be so hot and humid. 

Cheers!