Parque Nacional Iguacu

1. Gabi and Nate at the little Zoo here in Foz, pointing at the Jaguar.
2. Family photo with Rainbow.
3. Garganta de Diablo.
4. Gabi's Kauti shirt, that she really really likes, and had to wear for pajamas, and then all day the next day.

We went to the Brazilian National Park on Wednesday, and it was really fun. We ate lunch right away, and the tables we ate at had a view of the big falls, Garganta de Diablo. Then we went on the paths, and saw amazing views of the falls. Almost all of the waterfalls are on the Argentine side, but the Brazil side has great views of all the falls. We walked along the river and looked at lots of cool stuff. Some paths were closed because of filming, and we got all steamed at that, but it turns out it was only a small section, and we could still see tons of stuff, so we forgot about it. We didn't stay for too long, because the paths by the river are pretty small, and there were a few trails through the Jungle, but we think they were guided and you had to pay extra so we didn't do that. We caught the bus back to the hotel, and had our delicious dinner.
Today the whole thing of going to Paraguay was scrapped, because we didn't have a visa, and didn't feel like dealing with going without one, which while not that hard apparently, didn't seem worth it. People mainly go to Cuidad del Este to shop for electronics and other stuff that is cheap there. It would have been like going to Tiauana, basically, and as Shelley wasn't feeling all that good, we didn't go. We did put up the pictures from the Argentine side of the falls, and hung out watching tv and surfing the net. We've missed having the internet easily accessible, and have been neurotically checking our blog, Katie's and Eva's blogs, and our emails, it's been kind of ridiculous.
So after being in Brazil again, after Argentina, it's amazing how much more developed it is here. Everybody here takes credit cards, where as no one did in Argentina. There is much better infrastructure as well. Culturally it's not all that different, but the economic difference is amazing. Unfortunately Brazil doesn't have a license to brew Stella for themselves, though, so that's a bummer. One thing I noticed today about Brazil is that even though their hipermercados are amazingly nice and big and have everything you could need, basically like a super target, they are way behind on Bagging technology. They just have a stack of plastic bags at the end of the checkouts, which are also really small, and then most of the time you end up bagging your stuff yourself. But other than that, the stores are just as good as those in the states.
We bought tickets back to Sao Paulo today, and will be leaving tomorrow evening. We'll be going to Andre's family's country house, which has a pool and a soccer field as well. It should be a lot of fun to hang out with his family, Gabi loves them all a lot, and has been excited about seeing them again. She is also super excited about going back to Gramma's house, and can hardly wait the 5 more days of we have left in Brazil.