Foz do Iguacu - Our First Brazilian Adventure

A few weeks ago we went on our first Brazilian adventure. Now, it wasn't the Amazon, so "adventure" may be a stretch, but it was a lot of fun. We went to Foz do Iguacu - which is a national park that holds a very large expanse of waterfalls. It puts Niagra to shame. Eleanor Roosevelt visited once and said, "Poor Niagra!"  

It was beautiful, even if it rained the whole time we were there. We stayed at the Belmond at Cataratas, which is the only hotel inside the park, and literally across the road from the falls. The hotel was beautiful and the food was great. And they all spoke English, which was kind of a relief not to have to struggle through Portuguese. Although, he is becoming quite fluent. 

We took the kids to the Bird Park that was just outside the park and it was really great. They had all kind of birds. And even though they were in "cages" or large open areas, the park itself was huge. Lots of stuff to see!

Cayden with some alligators or crocodiles. I never can remember which is which.

Poor Beckham. He was asleep in the carrier. He won't remember much of living in Brasil, but there are always pictures!

There is a tour you can take in a boat that basically drives you into the waterfalls. We figured they wouldn't let the kids on.... but they did!

We got soaked. The driver had a plastic poncho that we put over the kids to protect them as best we could. I think they liked it. They didn't scream or cry anyway.

This area is called "The Devils Throat." You can see the people on the walkway. They were decked out in lots of rain gear!

I took the one above on that walkway. Very quickly so my camera wouldn't get wet.

Because of all the rain, the falls were running at almost 3x their normal rate. It was very impressive

We would like to go back when it is sunny and maybe hike the Argentinian side. We had a great time and the kids did really well. Maybe not so much at dinner time, but over all they were troopers. Our next adventure takes us to the beach for Thanksgiving. I promise, I will post before then!