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Note: For more information about these pictures — which will help explain a lot — read our story on surprises and chaos in Argentina.

Across the Border — The falls itself straddle the border of two countries: to one side (our side) is Argentina, and opposite it (what we're facing) is Brazil. While they do seem to have the prettier side of the falls — a fact they don't hide in their brochures — Argentina likes to point out that you can only see it from their side. (The Portuguese version of the Argentinian brochure actually has "Duh" written in it, just to rub it in.)
They Should Have Handed Out Snorkels — The very excited and very wet load of passengers preceding us on our trip into the falls themselves. Life preservers for us and plastic bags for our cameras were just a hint of what was to come.
Inferior Falls — View of another set of falls from the boat on Rio Iguazu Inferior.
Iguazu Falls — The impressive falls — just a small part of them — viewed from the river below. See that mist on the left? We were under there...but that's a story for another day.
Inferior Falls — Erin, in her last few minutes of being dry for the rest of the day, poses before the vast length of inappropriately named Inferior Falls.
Into the Plume — Even from here, the mist was starting to moisten the air around us, and we scrambled to snap pictures while keeping the droplets off our lens. We thought this was as close as we were getting. We thought wrong....
Not the Only Crazy Ones — The boat that followed us shows just how much "into" the falls we had gone. It was basically a complete showering. Good thing we had those plastic bags!
We Wouldn't Have Showered Had We Known — Emerging from the falls, we found ourselves soaked from head to toe, and about two feet beyond that in either direction. Fortunately, the water was cool and refreshing on such a hot day, though it was a bit uncomfortable walking around for the next three hours in drying underwear. (As you can see, we really weren't properly warned!)

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