On arrival at Foz do Iguaçu I went straight to see the falls from the Brazilian side. The views were amazing and I have to confessed that I nearly cried when I saw them, don’t know why, maybe the emotion, maybe I was to tired from being on a bus for so long, maybe I was missing Michael lots… This side offers you a panoramic view of the falls and it’s amazing, even though it hasn’t been raining yet. During my walk I met a Spanish girl and her father, who I end up having lunch with before going to El [View Full Entry]

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On the way to Rio I met a really nice young Argentinean couple (Marina and Gonzalo), so on arrival to Rio we all took a taxi together and went to the same hostel in Ipanema. There we meet a nice Brazilian guy called Luca so we all went for a walk around and dinner. After that we end up at the Irish pub next door to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a few caipirinhas. The following day we all decided to go to the beach to relax all morning, and we met a couple of girls from Italy that were also [View Full Entry]

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I was lucky and got a ticket on the 10am bus to Paraty so after nearly 6hrs of windy roads and a spectacular scenery I made it there. After leaving my bags at the hostel I went to the historic centre and walk around the cobbled streets. It was a very beautiful little town with little charming white houses with coloured doors and windows and churches. The following day I went to the beaches of Trinidade to see the beautiful beaches there, and to met up with Lydia, and English girl I have met at the hostel in Floripa. The bus [View Full Entry]

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I arrived before 7am to Sao Paolo so after a quick shower at the hostel and decided to go shopping for some Havaianas and some Brazilian bikinis. I walked along AV Augusta, when suddenly I found myself in Oscar Freire St which is like Bond Street in London full of very expensive shops. So no shopping there but found the Havaianas shop and bought a few pairs of them. Then I went to a little Asian market in Av Libertade. On the way back to the hostel I stopped in a little bar on a square where there was some people [View Full Entry]

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This is what I think my plans will be in the next 2 months [View Full Entry]

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When I woke up around 7am on the bus, the views were completely different. It was like we were in the Caribbean with palm trees all over and little houses made of wood. As soon as I arrived at the wonderful hostel (Casa Brasil) I met some people and we all went for dinner and some drinks afterwards. After all it was my birthday! The following morning I woke up with a massive hangover so didn’t do much, but it didn’t matter as it was a very cloudy and rainy day. For dinner we went to a Mexican restaurant. Again the [View Full Entry]

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I woke up early as wanted to get to the ferry to Uruguay as early as possible and make the most of the day, however when I got there to buy the ticket they told me it was full and put me on a waiting list and told me to come back in 30 min. I couldn’t believe it. After half an hour they started calling names from the waiting list and I was growing a little bit impatient as they were not calling my name and I knew it will be over soon, when finally they called me, and also [View Full Entry]

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Then it was time for another bus ride (this time around 20hrs bus ride) to Buenos Aires. The scenery leaving Bariloche was amazing with all the lakes and mountains, but as we moved further away it took a turn to plains and not much to look out of the window. We arrived in Buenos Aires very early in the morning so after checking in hostels I went for a walk around Palermo and the Botanic Gardens. Palermo area reminds me a bit to the neighbourhood of Gracia in Barcelona, with little trendy shops, boutiques, bars and restaurants. Back at the hostel [View Full Entry]

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I took another bus (12hrs again) to Bariloche in Argentina. From Pucon it took us more than 3 hrs to do less than 70km as it was maintly all dirty road up in Los Andes. The scenery was so beautiful with high mountains and so many incredible lakes (hence this area is called the Lake District). After crossing the border it was still dirty road for a while, so now I understand how it takes 12hrs to do a few hundred km. In the way we I saw so many cows and wild horses just by the road, not worried about [View Full Entry]

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I arrived at Pucon around 8.30am after my first 12hrs bus ride I had in South America (and won't be the last one neither the shortest), where I couldn't sleep much, even though it was a semi-cama seat (reclinable with a leg rest). As I had to wait til 12 to check in I went for a walk in town to book the volcano trekking for the following day and get some info on buses to Argentina. I then went to the beach for a couple of hours. Well the beach is with black little stones (volcanic stones) and it's on [View Full Entry]

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