I made it!

The internet here is a little slow.  I am alive and well, and managed to survive my first two days here.  First was the endless amount of flying and a very long layover in Lima.  I was never so happy to see the piece of paper with my name printed on it at the airport in Brazil.  Silvio picked me up and drove me out of Brazil and into Argentina.  Settled at my hotel which a. does not change money.  b. only has internet in these little cubicles, no WiFi.  C. does not give out maps of the town of Iguazu d. still uses skeleton keys.  I needed pesos (no cards accepted) to get to the park today so I took a cab down to the town last night but I was so exhausted I miscalculated and didn't get enough from the ATM.  So then this morning I was going to walk down to the town to get more.  Except I overslept so I gave up on that idea and went down to breakfast.  But, that's odd, breakfast wasn't ready yet.  Oh wait.  Silvio forgot to mention that the time changes and Brazil is one hour ahead.  I had a whole extra hour!  So I donned some running shoes and made a sprint for town.  About 2.2 miles.  Great, am running home when I realized I had left my debit card in the ATM.  RAN back.  Hallelujah, the people at the bank opened the door when I banged on it and gave me back my card.  Muchas gracias! RAN home.  Shower.

Got to the national park and they had an ATM right there.  I was thinking that happy people generally feel as though the universe is out to support them and maybe if I was happier I would have assumed that of course there would be an ATM at the park entrance and not gone through so much hassle.  On the other hand, I had a nice little adventure with a non English speaking cab driver.I mean, not a word.  ¿And why isn't ATM in my phrase book? 

Iguzu Falls really are impressive.  I will post pictures in a little bit but the videos are probably the best as they capture the roar that goes with it.  It was an exhausting day as it is very muggy here and I was soaked in sweat for pretty much the whole day.  Made some new friends, Canadians from Vancouver on holiday (well, one of them now lives in Vana Watu and owns a zip line there).  It was sort of by default since they were the only other English speakers on the tour.  But they were very nice.

OK more to follow!