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well-chiseled features and animated. Devilish. Handsome in anybody's language. No doubt aware of it. 

We saw Stroessner's mansion - large & beautiful -- and his office -- same -. Stroessner is one feature who was here when we were in the 1950s. He was recently reelected by 85%.
 
We had a long wait in Presidente Stroessner airport but very nice layout. And an easy ride on Varig to Fogo de Iguasu (Yguasu, in Paraguay). There, we alighted and were [[underlined]] NOT [[/underlined]] met by a representative of Brazilian Vacations Center (for whose services we had paid). I sat in airport w. all our bags while Tom went to telephone. He found a very helpful telephonisto who made call for him and fellow said he would come for us. Then Tom went to change money - at ~ 4460 Cr/$ (when it was over 5000 in Paraguay!) Finally, after another conference w telephonisto, he decided to take a taxi. The agent said he would meet us at hotel & pay for taxi. Taxi was prepaid at airport office (it would be hopeless to negotiate all this w. nothing but English). Taxi drove us into Parque National de ^[[Fogo de]] Iguasu' - beautifully kept. We paid a nominal entrance fee of 1500 Cr. Ea. Some distance into the park we came to the big pink hotel which we saw from the air in 1957 -- being built. Completed in 1958 by Juscelino Kubitschek. It is near the falls, well in sight of the spray, but few rooms have a view of them. On the Argentine side, however, an all glass & balcony hotel looks as tho all front rooms would have stunning views of falls. We got a back room, although we had asked for front. Incidentally, it is now 10:30 pm & we have never seen any 

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sign of our "guide".

At the desk we were urged to take a helicopter ride over the falls -- it was a lovely late afternoon w. sun after a big rain. The air was cool -- a great contrast to Asuncion. We learned that the boat trips were discontinued years ago; so we may do a helo tomorrow. Walked out to falls with gorgeous pink & golden clouds of afterglow -- birds flying over gorge -- vultures? We saw anis at airport -- can't wait to go birding tomorrow.

Dinner -- salad buffet - chicken wrapped around ham - dessert buffet - cafequibo (the real thing -- not nescafe here) Caipirinha. Strolling musicians w harp, guitar going from table to table, but we escaped.
 
[[underlined]] Thursday, March 28 [[/underlined]]

Slept fairly late. I explored the layout before breakfast. "Gardens" out back include swimming & wading pools, barbecue pit, tennis, a shop or two, and a tame rhea. Busloads of tourists arrive & leave every day. After breakfast we walked along paths beside falls - a tremendous site. Water at low ebb with wavy bare rock walk and gravel bank beside lower channel, but still thundering down in vista after vista. Walks out over water here & there - we get sprayed & more than willing - hot day. Black vultures form 2 kettles over updrafts & circle & circle all day & evening. They never seem to alight & feed. As Tom said: its the most unproductive looking behavior imaginable." At the tight horseshoe at the end "The Devil's Throat" the air is full of swifts -- ^[[000s of them]] large brown aves. I discovered clusters of them clinging to the walls. They 

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Kettle: a formation of vultures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_(birds)