Luna Jena, Full Moon

This week was the full moon, and we got a chance to go out to the waterfalls at night, something that no one is normally permitted to do. One of the park guards has become a good friend of ours and he offered to take us out on the Paseos (the catwalks above the falls). It was Boi´s birthday so we had a small party first and then at around 11 or 12 went to the falls. It was so amazing that it´s hard to describe. There was absolutely no one else around, just about 10 of us and the waterfalls, which in the daytime are awesome, but at night were crazy. The sound of them is overwhelming. In the full moonlight the scene was so black and white like I´ve never experienced before. Dan took some pictures and they came out in color, but all I was able to see was stark monotone. Then a few of us walked a little farther to the Garganta and took in the massave waterfall in the moonlight also. Literally, no flashlights needed in the middle of the night. And here, we were the only people again. There´s probably no other time when there would be no people at the Garganta. We stood in awe for about an hour, getting soaked by the spray and revelling in the awesomeness, monotone, and power of one of the world´s greatest waterfalls all by ourselves in the moonlight. We even layed down on the catwalk for a while staring that the moon. We decided to get up before we all fell asleep there though. The night was incredible and I think we´re going to try and go down to the lower trail tonight while the moon is still bright.

Yesterday afternoon a few of us hopped over to Foz de Iguazu, Brasil again. It´s crazy to hop on a bus and be in a completely different country in about 30 mins. We only walked around and got some food and drinks and then came back to Puerto, where we got a kilo of ice cream for about $3. My boss leaves tomorrow for a month-long vacation back in the states, so we´re pretty much left to ourselves to be responsible for her project. It should be fun!