trying so hard to upload pictures
and while this super new computer let me copy the pics from my camera directly on to the computer, the security settings are set so that i can´t download ANYTHING that will help me upload pictures any faster than a snail´s pace. So, I will add a few pics to this blog (if i figure out how) and try to get you the rest later.
so the falls....no words for them. I liked the Brazilian side better for the panoramic view, and for the fact that you can stand like 10 feet from the Garganta del Diablo (where the most powerful water is) and get splashed by it rather than just looking at it from above. may have been the coolest thing in nature i have ever seen. when i was eating lunch some butterflies hung out with me for a while so i took some up close pics of them too.
the Itaipu Dam was pretty impressive - the sound and light show was short and cheesy, but there was a short documentary that gave the history of it being built and how it produces 90% of Paraguay´s energy and 20% of Brazil´s, etc. The bus drove us around through parts of the dam after the light show which was the best part - looking out and realizing how huge it is.
i´m in Porto Alegre now, where it´s sunny and in the fifties. getting both muddy pairs of jeans washed so i´m wearing my black comfy pants and feel like i can´t eat anywhere nice, but i´m getting worried about money anyway, so i might go for a R$4,00 lunch of chicken, rice and beans. :) i miss the 3-to-1 exchange rate in Argentina - here it´s only 1.85.
not much else to say at the moment....there will be more to say when you can see my pictures. :)
so the falls....no words for them. I liked the Brazilian side better for the panoramic view, and for the fact that you can stand like 10 feet from the Garganta del Diablo (where the most powerful water is) and get splashed by it rather than just looking at it from above. may have been the coolest thing in nature i have ever seen. when i was eating lunch some butterflies hung out with me for a while so i took some up close pics of them too.
the Itaipu Dam was pretty impressive - the sound and light show was short and cheesy, but there was a short documentary that gave the history of it being built and how it produces 90% of Paraguay´s energy and 20% of Brazil´s, etc. The bus drove us around through parts of the dam after the light show which was the best part - looking out and realizing how huge it is.
i´m in Porto Alegre now, where it´s sunny and in the fifties. getting both muddy pairs of jeans washed so i´m wearing my black comfy pants and feel like i can´t eat anywhere nice, but i´m getting worried about money anyway, so i might go for a R$4,00 lunch of chicken, rice and beans. :) i miss the 3-to-1 exchange rate in Argentina - here it´s only 1.85.
not much else to say at the moment....there will be more to say when you can see my pictures. :)
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