IGUAZÚ! tallest waterfalls in the world!

I just got back from one of the most amazing trips in my life to Iguazú, home of las cataratas- some of the tallest falls in the entire world!! I am still amazed just thinking about them. These waterfalls are located in Puerto Iguazú (Argentina side) in the middle of the jungle. I left with a group of friends on Thursday and we arrived after 24 hours on the bus. On Friday we decided not to go to the Nacional Parque because it closes at 6pm and instead went to las fronteras/borders of Brasil, Argentina, and Paraguay- which was actually only a 15 minute walk from our hostel. There is a lookout sight over a river where all three countries meet and you can see flags from each country in the distance from there. The pueblo is very jungle-like and most of the roads are paved but covered in dirt that is more like clay. TREES TREES TREES! In the rainforest/jungle there are trees everywhere and the air seems so fresh. I would HIGHLY recommend our hostel: Stop Hostel (Avenida Victoria Aguirre 304, Puerto Iguazú, +54-03757-15547703), it’s a 10 minute walk away from the bus terminal, 15 min walk from las fronteras, in the center of town, great accommodations/desayuno, and across the street from all of the important bus stops. There were people from all over the world at our hostel and meeting them and talking was great!--If they didn’t know spanish you spoke in english and vice versa. Friday night we went to an wild orchid sanctuary in the pueblo and saw exotic jungle plants. On Saturday we went to the Nacional Parque, where las cataratas/falls are, for the day. This place is incredible and absolutely beautiful—words don’t do it justice. So basically there are all of these huge waterfalls in a row all leading up to Diablo Garganta- the highest one (4 miles of waterfalls) and there are paths that guide you through the park. There is a rainbow there every single day that it's sunny. We walked along the upper and lower circuit of the falls and above and under the falls themselves. I have no words to describe how it was standing on a tiny platform above on of the tallest waterfalls in the world, with the water rushing beneath that drops down hundreds and hundreds of feet. It was hard to hear each other because the falls make noise like thunder. We also took a boat ride called ‘la gran aventura’ which I really recommend. It takes you on a speedboat along all of the falls and under some of them. I took a lot of video and fotos from this. We saw a lot of species of butterflies, birds (like tucanes), and these animals that kind of look like raccoons but they’re friendly and roam the entire parque. It felt like everyone there was there to have an adventure and see the falls and even go under them. On Sunday we went on a jungle excursion which included rappelling down the side of a mountain ( in the jungle), tirolesa (zip-lining across four different platforms ( in the jungle), and trekking ( in the jungle). It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life—especially the zip lining through all of the trees and seeing tucans!! The pueblo in the jungle was so isolated but there were kids playing in the dirt clay streets and in the rivers. It was also pretty humbling to see how the people live- with hardly anything. We got to meet so many people from Europe, s. America, and the uk- it was awesome! We left Monday for another 24 hr bus ride back home to córdoba. Tuesday, today, I went to a volley/futbol tournament en the campus of a Bible institute. There were teams from basically all of the churches in córdoba and most people were wearing their argentine world cup jersey, aka la mundial- which is 2weeks away. Also today is a holiday in argentina- la bincentenario: 1810-2010. We had such perfect weather for everything and I just feel so blessed to have had this opportunity to see God’s amazing creation.