Page 2 of Hector Lad Travel Blog Posts


Mendoza

Published: May 26th 2012South America
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May 26th 2012

The group is reunited now, after our little break over cordoba and rosario. So am now travelling with simon and stef, rachel and riquaella, honesty and sophie and me and em, so is a pretty big group now! We got the overnight bus from cordoba to mendoza and arrived to check in to our histel internacional. Me and em then had a planning chille sesh, and literally got no where haha! So we went for a wonder and the girls had falaffels and i had shawarma, solely because ironman talks about it when he wakes up in the avengers so wanted to try it. So mendoza is the least blind/disabled/text and walk friendly city ever! There a foot gap between road and pavement and every so often there are just random drops in the pavement, simon ... read more



Rosario and Cordoba

Published: May 21st 2012South America » Argentina » Córdoba » Córdoba
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May 21st 2012

Hola chicos Stayed in Rosario for two nights and only had a day there as was just meant to be a short stop between places. Was a lovely student city and our hostel people were so nice! Got up on the first morning at like 12.30 and a woman i hadnt even met came up and said hi hector heres your breakfast. I was like errr thanks but who are you? she worked at the hostel and had learnt everyones names from there passport fotos! Thats commitment. Went to che gavaras house, cept was just a sign outside an apartment block so nothing special, ticked it off the list tho! then went to see a "spectacular altar" as the guide book described it, it was ok. then went to the place were the first argentinian flag ... read more



Buenos Aires

Published: May 16th 2012South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires
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May 12th 2012

Buenos Aires is a constant hangover. Bus from Puerto Iguazu was pretty luxurious, got dinner and breakfast as well as 4 films and a 140 degree slope on our seats! Get in, haha. but still didnt sleep that much as was finishing my book about dragons - EPIC ENDING! So arrived in BA not feeling too fresh and found our hostel. The entrance to our hostel is like a porch but it smells horrendously of gas, we told the owners and they were like its not gas, cept there are two cupboard labelled gas in it so probs is......... but other than that the hostel is very nice, got a room of 6 to ourselves (me and five girls), and yes that have all synced if you know what i mean so had to tread carefully ... read more



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May 9th 2012

Sup! so basically my ipod touch is killing me, writing on it is the bain of my life (no exxageration), so sorry for all the mistakes so far, will strive to check my spelling more. gimme a chance i am a mathesmagician. Am in Argnentina now! boom So Brazil was awesome, highlights were; view from sugar loaf, night out in melt, Arraial D´Juda village, Horse riding in Morro, and night out in Pulsar! loved Brazil but ready for next country, brazilians are way too loud!!!! The journey from Morro de Sao Paulo was probs the longest and most varied we have had yet! Got two boats, two cars and two planes. First boat was speed boat in the dark, was soooo fast and the water was so flat and sky was so clear was such an ... read more



Morro De Sao Paulo

Published: May 7th 2012Antarctica
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May 7th 2012

Hey :) Morro de Sao Paulo is like paradise, palms trees, beaches and no cars in the main area. The boat over to Morro was nice, we sat on the front with our feet over the front just being travelers so that was nice, we were warned that the boat was reallly bumpy so the girls took dramamin to calm themselve but it wasnt bumpy at all! Then we walked down the cobbled street to the beach walkway and found our hostel. Is a nice hostel, colourful and guy seems nice. The streets are mainly sand and the pousadas (hotels) along the beach are beautiful. They sell pastys that are similar to georgian hajapury which i love (and they are a good greasy late might snack)! We then walked up to the lighthouse and watched the ... read more



Salvador

Published: May 1st 2012South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
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May 1st 2012

Wasnt gonna write about Salvador because only here for one day as a way to get to Morro de Sao Paulo but has been an experience so can be a side blog. Dont have any photos of it either, as we were warned by soooo many people not to take cameras out, so we didnt! Got up early and got ready in 7 mins for the taxi to get to the airport, was tiny airport and us having an hour there was way more than we needed! So got another poo escapade; went to the loo towards the end of the flight and the air steward came into the toilet and told me to go back to my seat, i was like errrrrr........ So yeh it was locked, he unlocked it and hurried me up! Got ... read more



Porto Seguro

Published: April 30th 2012South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro
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April 30th 2012

We have gone north to avoid the storms and catch some rays! Has a 20 bus ride but wasnt too bad, just read and slept really, so nothing interesting to report there..... Staying in an apartment with honesty, sophie and hungdaddy which is nice, taxi driver had to get directions from a creepy american man (he was actually very nice we were just being cynical!), and we have my speakers from thailand blasting (yes they still work - heroic) and eating homemade ratatouile. Probs dip in the sea or pool tonight as its warm and they are pretty nearby! Holy mongoose had the worst reaction to the pool! Have never been so itchy in my life, was not relaxing at all, haha so probs will avoid the pool from now on. Taught the girls how to ... read more



Rio de Janeiro

Published: April 25th 2012South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro
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April 25th 2012

So flew for ages! Thats why there has been a lack of contact. Watched some epic films, new sherlock holmes, mission impossible, pirates of the carib and the rock!! So got no sleep then had 12 hour wait in santiago, played cards and whooped em! So rio is rainy........ Think we have come during a storm, our first few hours we went for a wonder got soaked, ems card wouldnt work and our hostel isnt great! Am sleeping on the third level of the bunkbed with lockers under the bed so is pretty high! And everyone is so loud, not going out loud, but weird skeeping patterns loud, and woke up to someone blastig celine deon! So not the best welcome. Got up and went searching for a sim for my phone, and not knowing any ... read more



Playa del Carmen

Published: April 20th 2012North America » Mexico
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April 20th 2012

Yep i am in a place called playa, loving the name! So the beach party was pretty awesome! Again had our own table, there was more of us this time so didnt have as many drinks forced on us! But still had a plentiful supply. Place was huge and outside, they had a bikini contest which was interesting....... Girl from london almost won but then got cocky and the crowd changed! Went in thr pool for a bit as well! Haha also this weird guy from australia said it was like the opposite music and scene to his norm so he wasnt enjoying it, then later he looked happy and we asked if he was enjoying it more now, he ... read more



Cancun

Published: April 18th 2012North America » Mexico
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April 18th 2012

Hey hey hey! am in the hostel in mehico now! so the rumours are true, the night life in cancun is insane in the membrane, seriously last night was awesome!!! got here and paid for 6 nights then everyone told us there are some nearby awesome islands so manage to get money back for 4 nights! then had free tequila and guacamole, seriously the mexicans live for tequila! so had a few shots of that! then set of with mikey from san fran and stephan from netherlands, oh and btdub stephan is 6 foot 11 inches! seriously good in a club when trying to refind the group! had dinner on the street and i ordered chicken taco, and em got chicken nachos and no jokes my taco was 3 inches in diameter with a couple of ... read more






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