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Last Leg - Foz do Iguaçu

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Karina and I woke up on Thursday morning ready to explore Iguazu Falls.  We wanted to do a hike taking us into the rainforest surrounding the falls and onto the Iguazu River and we knew it left at 9:30.  We hustled like crazy to get there but sadly we didn't make it in time for the morning tour.  We decided to visit the falls and then catch the next tour, which we were told would run again at 12:30. The Coati - scourge of Iguazu Falls National Park Now, at the last World Cup, I took a side trip to Zambia solely for the purpose of seeing Victoria Falls . In keeping with tradition, visiting another natural wonder of the world (and UNESCO World Heritage site!!) meant flying all the way across the country of Brazil to where the waters of the Iguaçu River carved out a large canyon at the border of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. We were staying on the Brazil side of the falls and all our activities were based on that side as well.  I was fixated on the idea of going to the Argent