El Ciudad del Este

The party was last night was great, lots of food, mostly meat of course. I think I might be a vegetarian for a while when I get back home. We spent the day today checking out the sites of El Ciudad del Este. First we go to an orphanage, then we go to El Centro in el ciudad, it is a outdoor shopping area where you literally are walking through tunnels of merchandise along the side walks. Seems like you can buy anything. Its crazy. Then we walk out to the bridge over the Rio Parana, which borders Brazil so we can say we went to Brazil, actually we went to Brazil yesterday because the Itaipu Dam is on the border too. The border is crazy! Then we eat some lunch and visit the Salto Falls on the Rio Monday. They are awesome falls, but everybody here doesn't think much of them because the Iguazu falls are so much bigger, still impressive though. We see Iguazu in a couple of days. Tonight we have a Rotary Meeting and we leave for Puerto Iguazu tomorrow about mid-day. We have been well taken care of here in El Cuidad del Este and we are very grateful to our hosts.