Submitted by Alexandra DiDonato on the 2013 fall semester program in Buenos Aires, Argentina…
Nearly every person who travels to Argentina will at some point make a trip to visit one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Iguazú Falls!
I loved all the beautiful sights I saw, but for me one of the most interesting things about our visit was my first encounter with a coatí!
Coatís, I quickly discovered, are basically the squirrels of Iguazú. There were so many of them coming up to tourists trying to snag some dinner. They were climbing up on tables and walking right up to tourists and sniffing at their bags. I had no idea they even existed before this trip, but apparently they’re pretty common all throughout the Americas! They can even be household pets.
Aside from being the home of Iguazú Falls, Missiones, Argentina is also where La Triple Frontera is located. La Triple Frontera is the tri-border between Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. The three countries are separated by a river, but it’s so thin that from where we were standing on the Argentine side we could see people fishing and walking on the Paraguayan and Brazilian side.
Each side of the border had an obelisk painted in their country’s colors. From where we were standing we could easily see Paraguay’s and Brazil’s. It was crazy to think we were so close to two completely different countries, a shame we didn’t have time to visit them personally!
All and all it was a wonderful weekend filled with all kinds of new experiences!