Foz do Iguaçu, meaning “the singing rock” in native language, is one of the finalists in the competition New7Wonders of Nature, which is one of the reasons that I made it my destination from the 14th to the 18th December. With a group of 34 exchange students I visited the falls and it’s arbitraries attractions using four whole days.

With extensions into Argentine, Paraguay and Brazil, Iguazu Falls is the worlds largest waterfall with a total of 275 falls along the Iguazu River. We experienced the power of the flow many times with the falls of nothing less than 82 meters height resounding above our heads, feeling the blasts of water that repeatably blew our hair back. Or was it on the platform surrounded by endless streams of water, or was it on the speed boat close to the foot of the huge tale of Noah’s Arc; in every manner it was a boundless, vertically-placed sea.

The four days went by visiting the falls frequently, going to the bird park, being around the hotel, and playing football. We did also cross the borders to Argentine and to Paraguay, where we, respectively, went to shop at the main street, and at a huge market containing electronics, clothes and all sorts of replicates.

As it occasionally was the days up to Christmas, we received the task of buying a little present, which we the last day distributed as a rule of a game called “Amigo Oculto” translated to “Secret Santa” a West-european christmas game. It’s a cool game, where you have to pick a name in the pot, and give him/her the present - but first you have to describe the person without using names, and, furthermore, without telling the appearance. Simply you have to pass information in form of compliments, to the audience which will try to guess your person. I received a pan-flute from an Italian mate.

It was all in all a very nice voyage with a lot of good experiences, exchanges and views. There is definitely one word that I have to stress: Unforgettable.

Enjoy the photos.