Sooo after a less than magical 26 hr bus trip from Rio DJ to Puerto Iguazu that included; a changeover in Foz Iguazu, freezing cabin temperatures, bus companions with less than amicable gastronomy and an unexplained 1.5hr stop over in the middle of nowhere at 3am with all lights in the cabin on. Cata was later able to confirm from the heated conversation outside of the bus taking place in Portuguese and Spanish that our faithful drivers had apparently answered a 'Booty Call', we arrived two weary travelers keen to check into a hostel and begin our Puerto Iguazu travels Peter [View Full Entry]

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Title based on the track ´shake your rump´ by The Beastie Boys A bumpy start to our Buzios adventure Stepping off the bus after a 4hr journey from Rio to Buzios we were more than ready to find our lodging which we had previously booked online, allegedly situated near a surf beach, grab a shower and get settled in. Flagging down a local van (a more regular and cheaper form of transport than bus) we set out in search of the then unbeknown to us elusive place of lodging. It turned out the current resident had been left with a mobile [View Full Entry]

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Finally our first blog entry, sorry for the delay guys, the beach has been calling... Note the title of the blog is inspired by a track by the hip hop group 'Ugly Duckling' titled 'Rio de Janerio' Pre note- We´re going to try to keep entries relatively brief and try focus on the most interesting points of our journey which is in itself proving to be very difficult as there is so much to write about and there is temptation to churn out 1000 words on the complexities of the Brazillian public transport system (and other random topics) which we will [View Full Entry]

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