So i was woken up by noisy bastards in my room during the night and so not the best sleep ever and i was up at 7.30am and out of the hostel by gone 8am manged to get the right bus to the main terminus and then manged to get a 9am bus to Sao Palo and different company and it as 60 reals this time, no quicker though and it stopped on the way down aswell. Got to Sao Paulo for 3pm and i went to the tourist info and they pointed me to an airport bus that was 30 reals and went back and asked if the was a local bus an i was given directions for the metro to another bus station were i caught a bus run by the same company and ... read more

So i was up early for the favella tour and it turned out that bed bugs had entre´s, brekkie,dinner,lunch,super and light snacking on me during the night as my back and smaller areas were covered in bites, the most expensive hostel of my trip so far and i get eaten by bed bugs.....lol. So i went downstairs and complained and i was moved to another room, got a free meal and two drinks and i was told id get money back for my last night, so it itchs like hell and not pleasant but well it has an upside and they washed my clothes and fumigated my bags too, so it saved money on washing....lol. You have to laugh at this things otherwise id be crying....lol, so the bus turned for our favella tour and it ... read more

So i woke up before everyone and got my stuff together and then walked out with Cinita and managed to get to the bus terminal just before 9am and went for the ultra cheap bus which is 55 reals and it took over 6 hours and stopped at an expensive service station and stopped by the police and it seemed like forever as i was trying to read my book and i was permantely disturbed by this foul old witch hacking back snot every 2 mins....very pleasant and maybe reading this may put you off your food.....i should have put an 18 cert on this blog......lol. Eventually the bus got into Rio and the were lots of favellas and eventually got into the bus station and the was a both that said info for backpackers....lol and ... read more

So the next morning i was up for brekkie and it was not too bad compared to some establishments and there i met the irish girls again and we chatted and they were going to a local flea market and asked if i wanted to join themand we went along and it was 5 mins away and was full of naff stuff really and then we headed back to the hostel and we hung out with the other folk that were wating on going to the bocamatch and i changed into my Argentina footie shirt andthe irish girls into there boca tops. The bus was late and eventually turned up and it was an old schoolbus and we gotto the boca stadium and it did not look all that unsafe although safety in numbers is always ... read more

So next morning i got up and decided id save some cash for Buneos Aires and as paraguy was not spectacular unles you heded north to the jungle i decided to skip the expense of just going for another passport stamp...lol, again it was up for a great brekkie and then i decided as it was so hot to do some hand washing and save a few pesos. So i did that and then hung out by the wonderful hostelpool chatting to the dutch girl mieke before she headed off in the afternoon for a bus to Buneos Aires (14 hours and thank god i have a flight...lol) and speaking to a french girl emaunelle who had been in town a few days and had swapped to our hostel, eventually Mieke went and i just hung ... read more