The last leg, and we are on our last legs,7 flights now out of nine down, never a dull moment,all action holiday.Our first sight of the Iguacu Falls from the Brazilian side.
I wish I had taken a video so you could experience the noise of these magnificent waterfalls.
We then crossed the border into Argentina and went to our hotel and our guides mothers garden where the humming birds were enjoying a feast at the splendidly named JARDIN DE LOS PICAFLORES.Look it up on facebook.
BANANAQUIT
GREEN HEADED TANAGER
PURPLE THROATED EUPHONIA
SAYACA TANAGER
GLITTERING BELLIED EMERALD
SWALLOWTAIL HUMMINGBIRD
BLUE DACHNIS
RED RUMPED CACIQUE
PIRATIC FLYCATCHER
GREAT DUSKY SWIFTS
SNAIL KITE
The falls from the Argentinian view point are equally if not more impressive:- but they are now the IGUAZU FALLS.
GREAT DUSKY SWIFT LEAVING ITS NEST BEHIND THE WATERFALL!
COATI
SWALLOWTAILS
TUFTED CAPPUCHIN
PURPLE THROATED EUPHONIA
BLACK THROATED MANGO -MALE
BLACK THROATED MANGO-FEMALE
VIOLET CAPPED WOOD NYMPH
RED RUMPED CACIQUE
RED RUMPED CACIQUE NEST COLONY
SURUCUA TROGON
BLUE MORPH
Our guide assured me that these were BLUE MORPH chrysallis cases.
I haven`t got round to identifying the butterflies yet but they were more plentiful in Argentina than Brazil.
In Argentina I found an acceptable beer to drink the first in nearly three weeks..............
PATAGONIA BOHEMIAN PILSNER.
We snuck out of Argentina in the small hours of the morning for another early morning flight back to Sao Paolo,then had a seven hour wait for our flight back to Heathrow,got home about 28 hours after leaving the hotel,cream crackered as they say.
NOT RIO, BUT THANKYOU BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA FOR YOUR SPLENDID HOSPITALITY AND FOOD,JUST GET RID OF THE SKOL LAGER!PLEASE, AND A BIG THANKYOU TO SANDWICH BIRD TOURS.
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