When I went to check in for our flights to Brazil, I discovered to my utter horror, that our Brazilian visas were not the standard 10 year variety, but rather a temporary version that was created especially for the 2014 World Cup which we used on our last trip to Brazil. With our flight less than 24 hours away, there would be no way possible to obtain the proper visa (minimum 3 day turn around). The grand plan was to fly into Foz do Iguaçu and spend one night on the Brazillian side of the famous Iguazú Falls and then cross over to the Argentinian side and spend a second day and night there before heading south to the Patagonia region. Instead, I had to rebook our travel into Argentina which proved to be a major hassle on virtually every front you can imagine. It took until 3am to finally secure seats on a route through Miami, Panama City (pictured above, taken from my window seat) and Buenos Aires and then a ground transfer to a different airport and a final flight to Puerto Iguazú. Fortunately, I found a fare that was not much more than the original one I booked back in September and I was able to get a credit with Delta for the price of the original tickets, good for one year. The new flight departed several hours earlier than the original one and Maya was kind enough to leave one of her classes early to drive us to the airport. All is well that ends well, so I can only be thankful for the final outcome. While on one of the flights, I photographed the passenger below whose head was beautifully backlit by the setting or rising sun (can’t remember which) shining through her window.