Now in Brazil

We are just so surprised how cool it is here in Puerto Iguazu!! We had breakfast in our hotel, and then bundled up our dirty clothes to take them to a lavanderia. Guillermo and Fernando walked all over the place looking for a lavanderia that was open, while I spent time in an internet cafe looking up the weather for today. They finally came back after a while saying that nothing is really open in the town. We found out later that the reason for that is today is Labor Day here in South America.
So, we packed up all our dirty clothes again, stored our stuff in the hotel and then caught a bus back out to Iguazu Falls National Park. At least we got to sit down on the bus today, yesterday we had to stand the whole way to the park. Once back at the park, I had planned on joining Guillermo and Fernando on their hike on Macuco Trail (Sendero Macuco), which is 4 miles long, but several people were turning back right after they started the trail because it was so muddy. I told them to go on without me, and we agreed to meet at the visitor center several hours later. There is plenty to do in the park and I had almost three hours until meeting up with them again. There is a free train you can ride so I did that for a little while and then decided to walk very slowly along the Green Trail (Sendero Verde). While slowly meandering along this trail, I came upon the sound of something jumping among the branches in the trees. At first I thought maybe it was coatis (which we saw a lot of), but then I felt extremely fortunate when I realized that it was Brown Capuchins jumping from tree to tree. I placed my pack down and stood there and watched them for at least 15 minutes and the good thing is that only one group of people passed by during that time. There were only two capuchins in the trees as far as I could tell, and they passed so close to me, actually crossing over the trail right where I was standing. I hung around that spot for a long time, even after they had left, hoping they'd come back but they never did. I felt happy that I had seen those capuchins, because I was so certain that Guillermo and Fernando were going to see capuchins on their trail also, but unfortunately, they didn't see any at all. But they did see a Toucanette and a Robust Woodpecker! Fernando had wanted to see a Toucanette and the woodpecker was also special to see. It is really big with a big red crest. They were happy that they got to see those two birds.
Right about the time I figured the capuchins weren't coming back, it started to rain, so I headed back to the visitor center. The sky was getting dark, it was starting to thunder, and I was glad I wasn't on that long Macuco trail with the guys. When they came back an hour and a half later, they were pretty wet! We had lunch there in the park and then caught the bus back to our hotel where we picked up our luggage. We then caught a taxi which took us to Foz de Igauzu, Brazil. Tomorrow we plan on going to the Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls. It is also quite cool here in Foz de Iguazu and still raining a little.