So I'm sorry this post is late, but I've tried many times to write an introspective blogpost about how incredible the waterfalls were and how great this trip was, but instead just look at the pictures and know that no words (and really pictures can't either) explain how standing in the midst of the Iguazu falls makes you feel and it's really just something you have to experience for yourself. I was in awe, super tired or afraid my camera would get wet, so many of these pictures are stolen from the other inbounds' facebooks. Anyway, here are the photos from the trip!
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| Day 1- We spent 45+ hours in this bus.. so glad there was AC! |
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| I don't mind airplane food, but I'm on the fence about bus food. |
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| Day 2- Wanda Mines! |
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| Too hot to eat! |
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| The group at the mines |
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| Triple frontier- Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina in one picture! |
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| triple frontier! |
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| Day 3- In front of the Iguazu falls on the boat before getting soaked! |
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| Aren't they gorgeous?! |
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| The Devil's Throat! |
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| 'Safari' through the jungle that took us to the boat dock |
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| The group in front of the Devil's Throat! |
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| Coatis. They're used to tourists and they'll steal your purse and eat your food. |
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| Evil little creatures. |
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| And tons of iguanas, too, but they're super fast and hard to take pictures of. |
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| It was incredible! |
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| I'm so patriotic! |
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| The group at La Aripuca! |
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| Yerba mate and rose petal ice cream! |
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| Day 4- a different view of the triple frontier! |
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| A photo-op on our walk! I cut the bottom of my foot on a broken wine bottle. |
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| We learned how to make swans out of apples! |
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| I was pretty proud! |
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| Day 5- Before ziplining in the jungle! |
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| Wheeeee! |
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| The waterfalls.. |
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| And rappelling down them! |
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| Tons of fun! |
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| So many gorgeous places to take pictures! |
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| Day 6- Halloween! We went to a Duty free shop and got our passports stamped! |
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| Day 7- Visiting some Jesuit ruins! |
So that was our trip! And while the excursions we went on were absolutely amazing, it made it a thousand times better that it was all with other exchange students.
Life is still great, but being at school is not nearly as fun as seeing some of the greatest waterfalls in the world and hanging out with exchange students. But I'll hang in there given I only have 4 weeks left of school, and then 3 months of summer vacation. ;)
Micah
