Day 11

Today we went to the bird park and Iguaçu Falls! The bird park had hundreds of different species of birds from all over the country. Since Brazil is so large, it has many different ecosystems which contributes to the vast range of species. It was my first time seeing a toucan in real life so this was quite exciting for me. After lunch we got to pet a snake and hold a parrot on our arm. We left the bird park and walked right to the entrance to Iguacu falls. We took a bus to the first lookout point and saw the magnificent view of the falls. It was interesting to see the opposite side of the falls because that is where Argentina is and I was on the Argentinean side five years ago. It was nice to get a new vantage point. As we walked along the path, the views just got better and better. We saw full-arched rainbows that looked completely fake and we got soaking wet as we traversed a platform that brought us closer to the falls. The sound of thousands of liters per second falling over was like nothing you've experienced before. Iguacu falls is perhaps the best view I've seen in my entire life.