So this weekend I traveled 18 hours outside of Buenos Aires to visit Iguazú Falls, the second biggest waterfall in the world. There ended up being a group of about 15 of us from CIEE that went which was definitely cool. Great hanging out time away from the city. However I spent the day at the falls alone and it was almost a sort of spiritual experience for me. I hadn’t been out in nature alone for a while, and I really needed it. The peace, the serenity, the speaking creatures, and of course, the air. Green everywhere. Leaves, moss, wet rocks… an intoxicating freshness. The natural world always shows me things I forgot about myself and my environment. It’s nice to be reminded we just might be part of something much larger, something city life doesn’t show us too often.
(It’s early and I feel just fine. Heat is at my back and Iguazú will never whisper a word, it doesn’t need to and I shouldn’t have said so much.)
I’ve never seen anything like Iguazú Falls. It was almost too grand, too large to understand. Pictures won’t give it half the justice it deserves, but I’ll post a few anyway:
La Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat): Elements…
The anticipation: water at the top waiting to be spilled over into the colossal thirsty throat…preparation and excitement as all tranquility is soon to be sucked away.
The falling water: simultaneously still and moving. You could see the liquid dissipate into specific ripples and waves as they slipped off the edge of the cliff…the drops appear seemingly free and full.
The moment of impact: water hits the core of the throat and a roar erupts into the skies…a moment of unity or truth or something of that sort.
The spray: mist shooting up and out as if it were showering us with fireworks in the time of festivities… all in celebration of its natural beauty.
People were so uncontrollably drawn to its grandiose allure, which was quite a captivating sight. The abundance of sheer beauty and shock pressed powerfully against my imagination as it took me to other places. The natural world is so fascinating isn’t it?
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