The Iguassu Falls Area Guru

The Border (0belisk) Mark at the Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay Triple Border or Tri-Junction: easily accessible. Dedicated in 1903  By Jackson Lima Three Frontier Mark is the name given to places where three countries meet. In Portuguese they are called Marco das Três fronteiras. In Spanish they are Hito de las Três Fronteras. In English they are additionally called "border marks". The Uruguay River marks most of the border between Argentina and Brazil. This border starts at a point where Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay meet at he mouth of the Quaraí River. It is the Three-Frontier Mark number one between the two countries. The border between Argentina and Brazil is 1200 kilometers long. But this posting will concentrate on the stretch of border that was settled only after the intermediation of US president Cleveland in 1895.  It is the part that begins at the mouth of the Pequeri-Guasu River where the Frontier-Mark number two happens to be. The border will follow this small rive...

The world's largest waterfalls compared   I once had the privilege of spending half an hour talking to Sir Anthony Hopkins just past the end of the trail on the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls. Sir Anthony Hopkins was waiting for his friend and former US president Bill Clinton. As a local journalist I had been trying to ask the president a question or two as he walked down the trail. His security men were able to detect me and were far more than able to kick me out of the trail. As soon as I saw myself out on the asfalt road I ran as fast as I could to the area where the president and entourage were about to board their cars back to the airport.  That's how I found this marvelous person, Sir Hopkins waiting for Mr. Clinton. I greeted him and identified myself as a journalist. He then said: "you are trying to talk to Mr. Clinton. Stay here with me. He'll will have to stop by". That's how I used this precious time to talk to Sir Anthony Hopkins about films, Holl...