Visiting Iguazu Falls has been on my bucket list of places I wanted to see for a long time. Getting here today was a bit of a travel hassle. Our flight from Rio de Janeiro left early and we arrived in Sao Paulo in plenty of time to board our next flight to Iguazu. We boarded a bus to take us to the plane and then we were told to get off because the flight would be delayed for an hour. We departed about 90 minutes later than scheduled and the flight was going well. We were approaching to land and the pilot made an announcement in Portuguese. I didn't know what he said but then we started circling so it was evident that there was some problem. I think we circled for about 20 minutes and then we had a very fine landing. Many passengers on the plane clapped when we landed. We learned later that the pilot had attempted a landing but there was a storm and high winds so the air traffic controller had him abort the landing. Then the pilot had to be cleared to land after the some time had passed. All of this meant that our planned activities were delayed. We finally arrived at the National Park and hiked a trail that was about 1.5 miles along the rim of the falls. The first view is breathtaking. There is so much water and the sound is a low roar. The pictures below don't do the sights justice. I posted one video in order to share a bit more of the experience.
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Amazing! - I’m sure even better in person, as you say. -Mark
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