Iguaçu wildlife

I arrived in Iguaçu after a 2 hour flight delay at 3am! Enrique and his mother were there at the airport waiting for me. Even though I was really tired I was also hungry and after much debate about what would be open at this time between Enrique and his mother, they decided to take to their house for grilled cheese sandwiches. It was just what the doctor orders.... and I finally got to my hotel and my bed at 4:30am!!!
We decided to delay our morning plans a sleep in, so around 10:30 I headed back over to Enrique's house. Enrique's dad works as the F&B and Event manager for Bourbon Hotel...a really luxurious beautiful hotel that towers over my little B&B across the street. Enrique's family is friend with the owers of this hotel too...so I was given a good deal, and it's much more friendly to my budget. The Villalobus' live in a house on the hotel property, and although it is a modest house, they get access to the resort hotel and they can eat at the hotel for free, so it's a really nice set up. From his house we took a walk around the hotel property. They have a little zoo...mostly with birds... and then these little monkey type things.

Their tails weren't holding on to anything like other primates, so we weren't really sure what they were. Sort of a cross between a monkey and a raccon.
After a fabulous lunch at the hotel we headed to Argentina to see the falls. The Iguaçu falls divide Brasil and Argentina, and the Argentina side has a reputation for being more beautiful.

On the walk into the park we bumped into these little animals... they wanted food and they were very friendly, so I am sure they have been fed by other tourist...this one had his eye on Enrique's backpack. A moment later a mother and her litter of children crossed the path in front of us.... there must have been at least 20 babies... they were everywhere! It was really amazing to see.