Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The mother of all waterfalls

Wow. Wow. Wow. There is no words or photos that can do this waterfall justice. Seeing it in person was simply breathtaking. The waterfalls I am refering to is the Iguazu waterfalls that border Argentina and Brazil. Quoting a good friend of mine who said when asked why are waterfalls selfish, she replied, ¨They fall where they please¨ Thanks Q. Well this definitley applies to these roaring cascades of water. It literaly looks as if the earth opened up and water from all corners of the earth just came pouring into the gaping hole. About 10 years ago a group of very impressive people built a labrinyth of catwalks that take you right to the edge of the falls. So you can literaly stand on the edge of where la garganta del diablo rushes downwards in an impressive whirlpool of water to the rocks below. I read that something like 400,000 gallons of water falls every second from this natural wonder. Well today is the election day and I'm in a tiny little town on the border of Argentina and Brazil full of palm trees and red dirt roads, a funny place to be maybe on this important day, but it should be interesting all the same. People have been asking me about it all day. I think many people are just as curious as i am but i think i may be a bit more nervous then them. Well hopefully tomorrow we will all be celebrating.

1 comment:

Paige said...

"They fall where they please!" Sigh. a classic Q moment. Love you K! Does that make me P?