Hello again from Argentina!! We did a day trip to the Tigre Delta. The train there was a real experience, 40p for an hours journey, through some really nice areas of BA with gorgoeus houses! On the train a full band joined us playing flamenco music to entertain and there was no shortage of blokies selling things (even toothbrushes for some reason!), all this on a regular commuter train...imagine that going on on Midland Mainline! Tigre was a really nice place, just off the Rio de la Plata and the starting point for the Delta del Parana. It reminded us of [View Full Entry]

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The bus journey from Rio to Sao Paulo was excellent. A great bus company (Ipatmimim or something). Was very impressed with the reclining seats, free snack pack and really thick Portuguese newspaper (now we know where the Brazilian rainforests are disappearing to). Hanging around in Sao Paulo bus station for the transfer for our flight to Buenos Aires was fun, a little scary but fun nevertheless. Our apartment in BA is located on the edge of San Telmo and is better than most places we have stayed in and for a fraction of the price ($18 a night). One thing we [View Full Entry]

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So, 8 days in, some bad experiences and lots and lots of good ones. Considering in our last entry we really weren´t sure of Rio, we can definitely now say that we like it a lot! Over the last few days the entire feel of Rio has changed, it´s a city which changes with the weather. Since the sun came out, there has been a very different feel. More Cariocas (people who live in Rio) on the streets, drinking, eating out at night. Rio is definitely a city which is better in the sunshine! On Tuesday night we had a breakthrough [View Full Entry]

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Our flights to Rio did not go according to plan. Manchester to Heathrow was delayed, BA then parked up at the wrong terminal. We had to wait for buses to escort us to the right terminal which took a long time. Making our way between terminals was not easy...Heathrow is not the best labelled/signposted airport in the world! we only just made it to our flight! Our connecting flight from Sao Paulo to Rio was also delayed due to the cleaners having to come onto the plane and dust between the aisles! Luckily when we arrived in Rio we passed through [View Full Entry]

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Good news today as Donna finally got news that she was going to be officially made redundant. Its only taken us three years to get this notice and we had to put our lives on hold for the same amount of time. You would think that being made redundant is a bad thing but for us the news was very welcome. It means that there is no going back and the only way forward involves us renting our house and getting onto the plane. Does anyone want to rent a house in Nottingham? We also got our round the world [View Full Entry]

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Test packing our rucksacks to see if we can fit that extra pair of welly warmers or duds and socks. No Donna...the rucksacks dont have to be 'even'!! Our backs are aching at just the thought of carrying these things. Other backpackers we spoke to say halve whatever you plan on taking and then halve it again....I dont think so! This is the 21st century after all...What would Buck Rogers say??? Packing up the house is one of the worst bits so far...We are convinced that career gappers have a much more difficult time of it than other gappers. We have [View Full Entry]

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