On the road again.....having been woken up early in our dormroom because another traveller had been locked out of his room, Brim and I got up and walked to the bus station in Paraty for our bus to Sao Paulo. After the obligatory stickers on bag procedure we boarded the coach and located our seats. The bus was pretty nice and again loads of leg room :) 6 hours seemed to fly by particularly because of the Richard Gere offering on the TV screen and headsets to listen to various radio stations. One of which was playing English music! Outside the [View Full Entry]

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When I last wrote we had made it to the bus station in Rio. Next stage was to purchase tickets for Paraty. After a bit of searching we found the correct operator and asked if they spoke English. No, so Brim, using the worst rough guide phrase book in the history of phrase books managed to ask for 2 tickets. With a bit of pointing at the computer (computer said yes!) the tickets were purchased. With about 10/15 minutes to spare we loaded our bags (with appropriate baggage stickers attached) onto the coach and settled down. A few minutes later having [View Full Entry]

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Ola :) Sorry for the delay in really getting started with this blog but Brim and I have been having too much time relaxing and meeting people to write about it! Before I start I just had a few administrative matters I wanted to set out: 1.I am not sure what people are hoping or expecting to read over the next weeks but I hope you enjoy my updates and the pictures when I am able to upload them; 2.Apologies for past, present and future grammar and spelling errors. I will do my best to minimise these but please bear with [View Full Entry]

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WOO HOO! This is it - today is the start of Brimelow and Barton's adventures in South America - nowehere near Mexico or Cuba (Barton middleton) ;) Thanks to everyone for all your lovely good luck messages and goodbyes. Particular shout out to Carmen and Pete Bear for the Reas - I think there may be some cocktail action in the next days! I can't stop long as I have to brush my hair for the last time in 3.5 months and then get to the Airport to meet Brim....I hope she hasn't gone without me! Thank you to Fuzz and [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, This is the start, I hope of many updates on my adventures with Brimelow in South America. First stop is Rio on the 4th May. After that it will be a journey south ending up in the Galapagos :0 For those of you who don't know the plan the itinerary is as follows: Brazil - Rio and the falls in Iguaza Argentina - Tango and steak Uruguay - a boat trip from Buenos Aires to add another country to our stops Argentina - the bottom of the continent and hopefully some wildlife Chile - wine and mountains Bolivia - [View Full Entry]

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