We got our 6:30 wake-up call and had an excellent breakfast at the hotel. Then, we loaded the Green Machine and were underway by 8:15. Carmen was in a tizzy because she had to catch a taxi at 10:00 to take her to the airport so she could get to Chile to give a paper on the 17th . The park now only allows park buses so we got off and waited a half an hour for the bus to come. Carmen got on an earlier one and that was the last we saw of her.

The trail on the Brazilian side is about 1200 meters long. Throughout the walk are magnificent views of the falls on the Argentine side. We saw toucans and the indigenous greater sooty swifts that are only found here. We didn't see any coatis which was disappointing to me.

At the trail's end we entered the Garganta del Diablo, going out on top of the lower of the two lava flows over bridges so that we were surrounded by water and rainbows.

By the time we got back to the Green Machine, it was obvious that there was not enough time to see the Argentine side of the falls. It was disappointing, but everyone agreed. Our 5 students who did not have Brazilian visas, were successfully smuggled out of the country and back into Argentina. Argentine migraciones took a long time but we cleared without a problem.

We had a good last lunch at an open-air place in Cataratas de Iguazú. I bought some cloth bags for Elise, Elena, and Steph. Angel got a little lost on the way to the airport so we arrived 45 minutes before take-off. We all managed to get on, Angel and I squared up with the money and said good-bye. We were soon airborne for Buenos Aires. This is the last time I will use Angel. He is a nice guy who means well but his chronic disorganization and lack of space-time reality are too much to deal with.

Our bags came off quickly at Aeroparque. I went out to find our bus. As soon as I got out there, a guy asked if I was Jim Reynolds. He took us to our bus where we had the same driver as before. Within an hour we were unloading at Ezeiza. Thankfully, there was no crowd like I experienced in January. We were soon checked in. I paid $288 in departure taxes for the whole group.

Todd, Motley, Samm, Nigel and I had a couple of beers after passing through migraciones. We went to our gate and soon boarded. We took off as scheduled. I wrote until dinner came. It was just was so-so. I fell asleep soon after. Todd and I sat next to an emergency exit so we had lots of leg room.