Iquazu Falls (Argentina)

Sobota/Saturday 23.1.2010

Po rusne noci, kdy nas budila jak klimatizace tak rozjarili spolubydlici britove, jsme konecne v 6.30 vstali a sli snidat. Cekal nas totiz vylet na Iguazu Falls, ktere by mely byt novym divem sveta (podepisuje se tu za to petice..). Tesime se moc. Snidane v Argentine (tedy na hostelech a v autobuse) nejsou nic moc. Vsechno co je k mani je sladke. Hodne sladke cornflakes, marmelada a jeste neco hodne podobneho karamelu, ktery se maze na susenky. Jsem zvedava, kdy prestaneme snidat. Ale zpet k vyletu. Autobus stavi hned u hostelu a je to za 10 Argentinskych pesos tam i zpet. (cca 50Kc). Auobus nas vyhodi hned u vstupu, kde se kupuje vstupenka do Parku. Ta je za 85 Ar. pesos pro cizince. Kdyby jsme byli mistni, je to zdarma... Ale platime a vyrazime na vlacek, ktery nas doveze k hlavni atrakci ´´Paseo Garganta del Diablo´´ (Dabluv chrtan). Ve vlacku nam Ruda upustil fotoaparat a ten se rozsypal asi na 4 kusy. Vypadlo z neho i nejake sklo (Ruda rika cocka), soucastky z umele hmoty... No super, docela sok, protoze nas cekal cely den bajecnych scenerii. No nastesti si ho Janca vzala do parady a dala ho dohromady a zatim funguje. Uff!! Tak a vlacek se rozjizdi a naproti me sedi pani pruvodkyne, kterych je tu spousta. Destnikem mi posunula nohu za zlutou caru, aby se mi asi v tech 7km/hod (max. rychlost) neco nestalo. Vystupujeme/prestupujeme a nakonec vyrazime k chodnickum, ktere nas dovedou az k tem mohutnym vodopadum.. Spousta lidi se tu ruzne foti a taky tu vsude prsi voda, ktera je ale v tom vedru osvezujici. Voda je tu vsude zakalena a tak vodopady vypadaji jako nanukac s karamelem. Snad brzy stahneme fotky. Zatim se to nedari.. Po ceste fotime more motylku, kteri na nas sedaji a jsou krasni a vsude. Pak jeste mame ulovky ptaku, jestera, opice a neceho podobnyho myvalovi a opici s dlouhym nosem...(ty tu kradou detem jidlo) Pak jeste cely den prochazime po ruznych vyhlidkach na vodopady. Je tu toho dost na cely den chozeni. Bohuzel nejezdila lod na Isla San Martin, kvuli prilis vysokemu prutoku vody. Nakonec jsme vyrazili na Macuco trail. Na zacatku ale byl obrazek kobry a cedule, ze tu ziji nebezpecna zvirata... Po par minutach (30) jsme se ale otocili zpet. Priznavam, ze to bylo kvuli me, protoze jsem se bala ruznych pavouku, kteri nam viseli nad hlavama a taky tech hadu. V 16.20 jsme jeli autobusem zase do mestecka. Udelali jsme rychly nakup a hura na hostel a do sprchy. Uz si docela smrdime :)

Komentare od Rudy:
Fotak jsem nepustil, upadl sam a neslozila ho jen Janca, ale slo o spolecne usili. Ted kdyz jsou fakta postavena na spravnou miru muzu trochu priblizit jak jsem vodopady videl ja. Co se tyce Dablova chrtanu tak jeste ted mi beha mraz po zadech kdyz si na to vzpomenu. Masy a masy vody padaji ze vsech 3 stran do bileho neznama - takhle nejak si museli moreplavci predstavovat konec sveta kde veskera voda prepada pres okraj a mizi v neznamu. Druha trasa vede nad delsi cast vodopadu kde je videt dlouhatanska hrana pres kterou v kaskadach pada nekonecne mnozstvi vody a treti trasa vede dole pod vodopady kde se na tu nadheru da koukat zespodu a pri te prilezitosti se nechat poradne osprchovat. Nejdrive jsem mel pochyby jestli stoji za to tahnout se 2500km busem ze Sao Paula do Buenos Aires kvuli vodopadum, ale ted muzu rict, ze stoji za to sem kvuli tomu priletet celou cestu z Evropy! Muzete videt fotky a dokumenty nebo cist cestopisy, ale videt a slyset na vlastni kuzi je o nekolik stupnu vys.


Hello again - don´t mind the long text in Czech above - Jana got carried away and described all details of the day, I'll try to say the same in less words...we're now in Puerto Iguazu. Sharing room with 2 English guys that thought I am a Dubliner... Told them only 33% the rest is work of my ex-colleagues :) Not sure now if that's good for me or bad for you. Choose from it whatever you think is better...
We still haven't uploaded the pictures because cannot find a pc with working USB, we'll keep trying.
Today we visited Iguazu Falls. At the entrance the camera fell and spilled into 4pcs, fortunately works fine after we put it back together. Big ufff.
Easy way to describe the waterfalls would be - Wow! But I'll try to elaborate on that. There are 3 main trails you can take. One above the biggest waterfall called Devils Throat - masses and masses of water fall from 3 sides into the white unknown...this is the way vikings must have imagined the edge of the world where all water falls into the eternity. The second trail leads over the longer edge of the waterfall where you can see hundreds waterfalls merging into the cascades and wide river. The last one goes below the waterfalls where you can admire the beauty from below and get a proper shower. Boats didn't go today and the San Martin island was closed due to the high waterflow..pity
Everywhere is lot of bright and colorful butterflies that land on us and pose for the pictures. We also met some apes, lizards, birds and animal with long nose that steels food from the kids...
Then we went for the Macacu trail which goes through the jungle - we turned back after 30mins as Jana was bit afraid of big spiders hanging everywhere and signs of beware the snakes...
Originally we were unsure whether it's worth to go 2500km on bus from Sao Paolo to Buenos Aires because of waterfalls. Now we know it is worth to fly from Europe to see it!