jamesstill

Okay Parati was awesome!! It's so similar to Colonia in that it's a fairly small town with stone rock roads and beautiful beaches. I was soooo exhausted after the bs ride but I actually managed to get about 7 or 8 hours sleep on the bus which is pretty damn good going. 1st and only full day in Paraty was a tour of some re natural attractions of the area. It was a little overcast with occasional showers but the beach was really nice. By far the best part was the natural waterslide, which is essentially a huge angled rock sloping downwards in a river with lots of moss on it. It was so much fun! There were some locals going down it standing up and doing twists and moving at an incredibly fast rate! It ... read more

Well another long bus ride brings me to my second blog! I'm en route to Parati, Brazil in what is expected to be a 20hr ride! So let's go back a few days to where we left off... I sadly departed Colonia after only 1 1/2 days to Montevideo, which I have to say was a massive non-event! We were gonna head to a beach resort 2 hours away for the day but thunderstorms were predicted so we all did our own thing. Joel and I headed to Rio Negro, one of the major strets in Montevideo for some lunch and to check out Plaza Independencia. Under joels supposedly amazing navigational skills we went entirely the wrong direction, but even when we realised that the streets around us weren't even on the map he insisted we ... read more