I am writing this in Argentina. Having seen 'the' falls, Salta Monday is no Iguazu... but if you're in Asuncion and are travelling east or in Cuidad del Este and fancy an easy day out you can get to it by public bus.We spent a morning in Salta Monday and went to the hydroelectric dam which 'drowned' the 'more impressive than Iguazu Falls waterfall in the sake of progress' later that day.
The Ipaitu dam, which supplies 98% of Paraguay's and 25% of Brazil's electricity, is epic. 7km of concrete and generators the size of olympic pools.... ok it's geeky. But they put on a free VIP bus and it is the biggest green power generator in the world!
Note the cost.... $26bn in 1980 to build, today they make just $360m a year from it... not exactly a great ROI
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