Saturday afternoon, we continued onto the grand event--seeing the cataratas (waterfalls). We had seen the entire town of Iguazu, the three borders, and it was time to actually see the national park. Here's Wikipedia's explanation, but we entered the national park and took a train out to the waterfalls exit since you can't just walk there. Jordin, Stacey, Keith, Lacy and I started at La Garganta del Diablo, Devil's Throat, which is the furthest and biggest fall. We walked a trail above the water for about 20 minutes before seeing this fascinating waterfall. It was so strong that we couldn't help but stare at the beauty.
Devil's Throat
Right side
Left side
After this, we took an ecological boat tour that took us from Devil's Throat to the other area of waterfalls, the upper and lower circuits. We chose to first see them through Iguazu Jungle, our "Great adventure" and speedboat ride that we soon found out would take us INTO the waterfalls. The tour took us on the Macuco Trail, one of the trails of the park, and provided ecological facts about the rainforest. There are over 2,200 different types of species in the Iguazu National Park alone! It was great to know that although this tour was in Spanish, we could comprehend the entire thing.
The tour ended here, where we put on life vests and went to our speedboat.
Stacey, Jordin and I
On the boat, we headed in the direction toward the falls!
me, Jordin and Stacey after round one of getting wet
In the waterfall! (And my camera didn't break!) 
Standing on the lower circuit trail after getting soaked on the Great Adventure
Look how close they let you stand!
This is one of those life situations that was so fascinating, it can barely be described in words. I hope the pictures do it SOME JUSTICE, although they could never fully express how gorgeous and strong these waterfalls are.
Some quotes that described our day....
"Screw UT! [University of Texas] They’re all like…we have a partnership with the University of Cordoba and we’re like…well WE have a partnership with CAROLINA." -Stacey
"I always wonder if there are secret things under the waterfalls.” –Han
"And they have all these signs that say “cerrado” [English translation: closed] but you can just go past them. There are really good views!" –Han
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