Deciding that we were not up for a billion-hour bus ride from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires, we flew back to our first South American city in readiness for our entry into Brazil in time for Christmas. Instead of hostelling for the two nights in BA, we booked into the Fiers Park Hotel in Retiro as a Christmas treat. The hotel was conveniently located to the downtown area and shopping malls and, given our nicer accomodation and surrounds, our second trip to BA was definitely more pleasant than our first. After making some last minute purchases to complete our camping equipment checklist, we boarded our bus to Florianapolis, a mere 26 hours away! Needless to say, it was a looooooooong day. On our arrival on the island of Florianapolis we caught two further buses to reach our
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