10th February- 13th February Parque Nacional Da Chapada Dimantina near the mining town of Lencois. said to be the most beautiful national park in Brazil...and for me, a definite stop in Brazil! An overnight night bus trip (6-7hours) from Salvador, and we booked ourselves into the ever friendly hostel- Pousada Daime Sono. The staff are nice and very accomodating. the first day we toured the nearby regions driving by van through the winding roads, with some of the best mix of classic songs that ive ever heard! chilling back with the 2 dutchies and 2 French girls that joined us. beautiful [View Full Entry]

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6th February- 8th february Leaving Lucila was so hard. Her and her friends were headed back to Sao Paolo to fly back home, and the Dutchies and needed to make our way north to get to carnival! In all the excitement of the last few hours in Buzios, we tried taking a photo that resulted in Yvanka and marco falling through the glass coffee table, escaping with a few grazes. The landlady furious when she discovered it. We should have hidden the evidence a little better. But careful scheming, we all left to the bus stop leaving Marco behind to pay [View Full Entry]

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31st January - 5th February Buzios, originally a fishing village, made famous in the 1960s when it was 'discovered' by Brigette Bardot. walking through Buzios, you pass endless little boutique shops, fancy restaurants, cafes and bars. We rented a beautiful house for 5 days. and spent some of the best days of my year-long trip in South America. Introducing the housemates... Lucila- the woman that makes me laugh like no other. and makes me feel like no one before. famous words "mummy", "stalker", "iznt that weirred" Micaela- easy going. "why not" "porque no" Flor- always great for a chat, and forever [View Full Entry]

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29th January- 30th January We followed the 4 Argentinian girls till a small rustic beach side village called Trinidade. close To Paraty, but not as touristic. it was definitely a locals spot with no sight of anglo-saxen tourists. We managed to find 2 appartments half completed, for half the normal price! It stood in there backyard and sheltered by a maracuja tree...what more can one ask far! and it was close to the beach! The coastline in this region was very intimate with small alcoves with rock boulders dividing the beaches. A hard life once again...lazing on the beaches by day [View Full Entry]

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23rd January -29th January Ilha Grande, off the coast from Rio, reached only by boat. This was paradise for our travelling group. Now comprising of the Dutchies (Yvanka and Marco), with new additions of the beautiful Argentinians (Lucila, Mikaela, Flor, Guadlupe) Having rushed to catch a private bus from our hostel in Rio, then board a private boat headed to the island, we anchor ourselves in the amazing pousada Aquarius run by the ever friendly and accomodating Fred. I greatly recommend this place to anyone, but book in advance! Our rooms were overlooking the sparkling rich turquoise blue waters. the pousada [View Full Entry]

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16th January - 23rd January Arriving in Rio was like a long drawn out dream finally coming true. it had played in my mind so many times. it was amazing that i had finally set foot in this wonderous city. Rio De janeiro definitely did not let me down. The capital of Samba, the birthplace of the hypnotic Bossa Nova, beautiful beaches full of hot tanned bodies. Christ the redeemer, sugarloaf mountain, the list is endless.... I checked myself into Mellow Yellow hostel in Copacabana. Very few hostels in South America hold the reputation of such hostels. like Milhouse in BA [View Full Entry]

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9th January- 12th January If you ever doubted there was a god, then you just need to come to just feel the force of creation that thunders from the waterfalls of Iguazu. one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, this place was nothing short of breathtaking! I stayed at one of the best Hostels i had stayed in South America. Called Hostel Inn Iguazu, this was a huge resort type acomodation, with big pool, and pool side bar! nothing like drinking Caipirinhas whilst laying back and chilling in the pool! Iguazu Falls borders the Argentinian and Brazilian Borders. whilst [View Full Entry]

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3rd January- 8th January PARTY PARTY PARTY! if you came to Punta del este, then you are either a rich spoilt argetinian/brazilian/uruguyan with too much money...or you are a backpacker in search for a PARTY!!! this place has parties going on 7 days a week. i thought the parties start late in BA, but this place no one shows up before 3am. so u can understand, i spent many of my days sleeping my hangovers away!! Stayed in a cool hostel called Hostel 1949. however, it was the most expensive hostel ive paid for in south america, and strangely also one [View Full Entry]

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2nd january- 3rd January Colonia is a little gem...filled with colonial buildings and cute little things...kind of makes u sick after a while really as to how cute it was. we met some cool people there and had way too many drinks! all in the one night we were there! walked around the old town, admiring the colonial architecture. but admittedly, one day was more than enough. Its not as memorable as people make it out to be! but worth a quick stop if you are in the area! also lacking beaches....which was just as well we were heading to Punta [View Full Entry]

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28th December- 2nd January I LOVE BA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! coming back to one of my favourite cities in the world gave me goosebumps!!! this was the 3rd time i come to BA in this trip!!! and there was no better place to party for NEW YEARS!!!! Elliot, Ober and I checked into my favourite hostel in south America- Milhouse Hostel- party central. having survived the alcohol intoxication and party fatigue inducing lifestyle, i became an addict! Even the staff remembered me!!! one of them even started singing in spanish to me about an uncle called mario who is a veterinarian! mi tio mario [View Full Entry]

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