2/13  I have started dating these blogs, since I cant always post them and who knows what order they will end up in.  Today we are starting the next phase of our trip.  On the shuttle we met 2 ladies from London, who we ended up sharing a taxi with.  They did the same thing we had planned...fly to the Brazilian side, check out the falls and then go to the Argentinian side where we will spend 4 days.  This cab driver was amazing.  For 220 reales ($120 for all 4) he took us to the entrance to the park, bought our tickets, drove the 12 km to the falls, waited an hour and a half while we hiked, took us back to the airport (turns out as of 1/7/13 we Do need to pay the reciprocity fee, which you MUST do Before you get to the border with a print out - who knew), took us across the border, handled all the paperwork dropped off the girls at their hotel and then took us to our hostel.  Talk about a good deal.  All for $60.  The internet said the bus would work good.  I am convinced that is not true.
To back up a little, on the way to the airport, we saaw a couple of favales (slums).  They looked just like on tv where they run across the roofs to escape.  Real poverty.
Going through security at the airport, Terry forgot to put his 2 pocket knives in his luggage, and yes, they found them.  I am standing there and the one guy is escorting him away.  For a split second I got really worried, but turns out he was just taking him to the area where he had to dump them into a bin.  Put a real damper on things, but he got over it.  More sentimental than anything.
Incredibally, we met Bob and Germaines at the hostel.  The plan actually worked.  Bob cooked us a nice dinner in the cocina (outdoor kitchen) with a good glass of wine.  Spent a couple of hours relaxing and talking to the other guests before bed.  We are pooped!