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 South America
One of the rivers that end in the dramatic falls viewed from the lower walk on the Argentine side.
Visit South America with Jane and The Spaniard's Passion and Lazaro's Revenge. Both are from the Galvan Brides series.
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(Left) Sunset at the rainforest.
(Below) View of the falls and rainforest from an Argentina lookout. |
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A view of the falls from the lower walk, on the Argentina side.
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Our hotel, Hotel das Cataratas, on the Brazil side of the falls.
Hotel is built on edge of cliff overlooking falls in the old Colonial style. Incredible!
A last glimpse of the falls on the Brazilian side before we
'raft sailed' beneath the spray.
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South America:
The falls in Northern Argentina are so spectacular I can't describe them in a paragraph... they require an entire book!
I knew when I started my Galván Brides series, I wanted one of the stories to take place at the falls, but it wasn't until I actually visited Iguazu that I realized nothing I could put into words would do the area justice.
It's not just the humid, densely green subtropical landscape that makes Iguazu so sensational--its the culture, the history, the tension between place and civilization.
Iguazu reminded me of my year in South Africa and how some places can not be tamed, and some places do not fit neatly into our consciousness, and yet the Falls and the old mission ruins now overtaken by jungle growth hooked my imagination and even now I wish I'd been able to spend weeks there instead of four days.
I'd love to return, and hike the falls again, and listen to the birds and watch the myriad of brilliant blue and green butterflies lift and descend. When we were there it wasn't even summer yet but heat at times dazzled--the wet heavy heat overwhelming--but then the rain would come and night would fall and the humidity would finally break, and suddenly it'd be misty. Heavenly.
I wish I could whisk you there now, but I'm limited to photos so I'm sharing a few here.
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