waterfalls and rainbows and moonbeams oh my

When Martin told us he was leaving for Iguazu Falls after the Bicential celebrations in Buenos Aires, Laura and I figured why not join? We love us some Martin and that pesky little flesh-eating bacteria in his arm needed some chaperones.

That, and we realized the three of us should never seperate after losing each other for nearly a full day in the madness that was the Centro of Buenos Aires where all of Argentina, if not all of South America, came together in one giant clusterf@ck of humans and torrential downpour. We were so lost Martino forgot his identity at one point.

Yes, we needed to escape the madness and see the epic beauty and natural wonder of Iguazu Falls in Northern Argentina.

The 20 hour bus ride was made bareable with movie and dinner accompanied
with some vino. Not to mention some Cambodian Valium.. Made real bareable.

We checked into the MarcoPolo Suites and decided to have an easy night so we could get to the Falls bright and early, before all the tourists pack in.
Laura followed this plan accordingly. Martin and I, on the other hand, played some pool and kept the beers flowing a bit too much. The morning trek was a little bit of a struggle for us.
However, insane beauty of nature apparently works as a wonderful hangover cure. The day was a bit overcast but the awesomeness of the waterfalls were enough to be stunned. Explaining the obsurdity of the power of the dozens and dozens of waterfalls is quite difficult so I will try and post some pictures. Although those don't really do it justice either.
At the biggest fall appropriately named Devil's Throat, there was an immense amount of water falling into a deep deep abyss and one orb-shaped rainbow resting on the edge of falls. It was absolutely surreal.

That night for dinner we went back to the same restaurant we went the night before where they served us THE best sauce our mouths have ever tasted. After trying and failing to get the house recipe to this elusive sauce none of us could distinguish, Martin used his charm to finally pull it out of the house chef. My God this sauce was crazy good. We almost decided to stop our pursuit of the Boomtang Revolution solely to devote our lives to making The Sauce and spreading its love throughout the land. I'm still considering this.

We started to make our way back to the hostel when we heard Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" blaring live from a nearby bar and knew exactly where the Universe wanted us to be...
The band was great, playing more hits by The Police and others I can't remember right now thanks to the whisky bottle Laura thought would be a good idea to order for the table.
I danced with an old man (shocker), and we made our way to the only place still going after the band stopped. It was your typical night club playing typical inst inst beats, but the three of us were the only ones dancing. We danced on regardless until the whisky caught up to us and we treked it back to the hostel.


The next morning was a lot sunnier and we were excited to get back to the falls and go rainbow hunting. The view this day was absolutley mindblowing. It felt as if we were inside a dream in this canyon of greenery and waterfalls and neon birds and rainbows breaking through the blue, blue sky, and all that was missing were mermaids and a couple unicorns.

We made our way down the rocks to the waters edge, a couple hundred feet from the waterfalls and had some maté and meditated, inspired by the wisdom of the falls. By the time we came back down to earth, the sun had set and the park had completely emptied out. The train was no longer running so we made our way back to the park's front entrace walking along the railroad tracks, lit only by the light of the full moon.

Luck was on our side as we happened to be at the falls during the full moon, the only time they offer night tours. Before the tour, we went to the delicious buffet-style dinner offered at the park. This buffet blew Old Country Buffet out of the water-my goodness. I don't think I've ever eaten so much in my life. Martin suggested we go "Roman Style", but I decided just to walk it off instead.

The falls at night were absolutely breathtaking as well. The power and energy of the Devil's Throat fall is unlike anything I've experienced before. WHOLE lotta water right there. I continue to be amazed by mama nature's creations on this trip, this absolutely being one of them.

We then took the bus back to Buenos Aires to meet up with some other EcoYoga Park lovers and celebrate Martin's last night in South America after his 9 month journey...



Lemme go wiiiild
I got the boomtang in my soul
Lemme go wiiiild