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Iguazu Falls and Tres Fronteras (Brazil, Paraguay, & Argentina)

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  February13, 2024 - View into Devil's Throat at Iguazu Falls, Brazil Having left Carnaval a couple days before the cumulating event to try to limit our expenses, we caught a flight with a serendipitously long layover in São Paulo. Without prior planning or realization, it just happened that we would be in a huge city exactly during the Super Bowl. Flying into São Paulo, I was absolutely blown away by its size. Skyscrapers literally as far as the eye can see, it is the 12th largest city in the world, most of the others being in Asia. After essentially throwing our bags down in our airport hotel, we were off to one of the known ex-pat party neighborhoods to find the game. There were lots of dressed-up revelers in the street, reminding us that Carnaval was still in full swing, but there were also a surprising number of bars showing the Super Bowl. We went first to one that Johnny found online as "the" place to watch, but it was so crowded we left at halftime to find a more