De qualquer maneira, minha roupas de baixo é ainda seca!

If you're wondering....that translates from Portugese to "Somehow, my underwear are still dry!"

Capuchin monkey!!!

Today was a very wet day on the Argentinian side of the falls but we had a fantastic time! We got picked up around 745am by Liliana, our guide for these couple days. We were with another couple, Hendrick and Hannah from Sweden. It was about a 45 minute drive to the National Park on the Argentinian side (remember we are staying in Brazil).  So we had to stop at immigration to leave Brazil and then stop again at immigration to enter Argentina (and two more stops on the way back....really racking up the passport stamps on this trip!).

Once we arrived at the park, we walked over to the train station and took a train along the jungle area to the walking path that led to Garganta del Diablo (translation: The Devil's Throat)....it is the head of a big part of the falls and is an intimidating swirl of water the drops off into what looks like an endless abyss.
There was a decently long catwalk leading up to the area....and millions of other people.  Luckily for us, it seems like everyone was heading out to catch the train before ours and we ended up having about 5 minutes looking at the falls with only us around! 
This view was definitely my favorite part of our time at the falls today. We were right up against where the water dropped: literally five feet over the bridge and you would be in the falls. The water was rushing faster than you could imagine and you couldn't see the bottom of the falls.

Then it was time for the train ride back and a hike around the upper circuit, where we were able to see many different views on top of the falls. We split up after the hike: Hendrick and Hannah went off with Liliana and we went on the Zodiac boat into the falls! The first part of the tour started with a jungle "safari"....no animals but a cool drive in an open air vehicle....and then we put on some life jackets and hopped on the boat! It was probably a 10 minute drive over to where you could go under the falls.....and that was awesome. It was a little hurricane-esque but we loved it :)

Then after that- a short walk to some more viewpoints, lunch, and the bus ride home. Now: finally showered and wearing dry clothes (although, as I said earlier- I stayed amazingly dry underneath my poncho!).

That's it for today.......that was a lot of typing :)
Tomorrow: Brazilian side of the falls!

The Importance of Proper Gear
Today would not have gone nearly as well as we hoped had it not been for our ponchos, our backpack covers, and proper footwear: Katy and I had sport sandals, Reb had flip flops....luckily she didn't slip :)  We walked past tons of people with no hood, jeans, and purses......bunch of crazies.  We also saw kids that parents had dressed in cotton with no ponchos and some seriously blue lips. Moral of the story: always be ready for water.....it could totally change how your day goes if you are properly prepared!

In front of Garganta de Diablo (The Devil's Throat)

31 hours of elephant ankles and airport mobs

Well here we are in Brazil! Finally made it after a looong couple days of traveling (or much longer than you would expect for going to South America!) We started off in O'Hare....of course our flight to Houston was delayed but we made up the time in the air and still had plenty of time to board our flight to Buenos Aires.  Everything was on track during our BA flight...took off on time, we all slept, and landed early.  Then came the part of the trip we were worried about: transferring from the international BA airport to the domestic one.  Ironically, this ended up being the easy part of our day. Customs and immigration both went quickly and we booked a cab over to Aeroparque.

When we got there, we waited in a long check in line to learn that all flights were delayed or cancelled. We heard that our gate was going to be assigned later on, but our flight was scheduled to leave around 3. We figured no biggie, we'd grab some food and then head over to security. So we did, and then hit security. Here's where the problems began. The line was extreemely long and we decided to kind of budge our way to the front and see what was going on. This was the best thing we ever did....once we were done with the mob!

When we started....