Iguazu translates as ‘Big Water’ in whatever the native tongue is in these here parts, Gurani I think, and while slightly deficient in creativity, points are awarded for accuracy. The waters here are big. Real big. We spent two days scrambling around the World Heritage Park that encompasses the Brazilian and Argentinean sides of Foz do Iguazu, watching water tumble over and onto rocks from various heights and at various speeds. It’s a lot more impressive than I’ve just made that sound but that’s the problem with breaking anything down to its constituent parts. It reduces the majesty a little, which is something I suppose you should try your best to avoid when attempting to describe the fascinating. It’s just that I don’t have the vocabulary to paint the word picture on this one, so I’ll let the pictures do the talking for me. And while I’m at it, I’ll apologise to the natives for mocking their description of the falls. Big Water works pretty well.
That is all,
Dale Atkinson
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