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It has been a while ... : ) From Iguazu we took a bus to Buenas Aires (BA). By bus you cross the 'Tierra de los grandes rios'. Amazone forest full of wood companies, roads are not that good. 20h busride. BA is a great metropolis, european architecture, atmospheric neighbourhoods, bustling nighlife and proud, welcoming habitants - and they speak spanish : ) ! (with a funny accent...). In BA we hired an appartment for 6 days via airbnb - perfect elegant neighbourhood (Palermo), close to the Jumbo (= best supermarket ever seen, so many fresh food). One day after we arrived, Jeremy flew over from Nigeria to visit us. 10 days argentina. We went to San Telmo on sunday (biggest antiques/handcraft/vintage fair ever seen in cozy old artistic neighbourhood), visited the cementery Recoleta (necropolis where ... read more

From Angra we took a bus to Paraty. After one hour the tire exploded, so in the middle of nowhere, we waited for another bus. After four hours we arrived in Paraty (normally 3hours), a pittoresque charming colonial location at the seaside, having around 50 little islands. It is one of the most cinematic destinations in Brazil. Cobblestones are so oneven that it makes it painful to walk on the streets. We enjoyed a horse trip through waterfalls and rainforest with two americans from NY. After a few days relaxing in the sun on small islands and little boats we took a 24 hours bus ride to Iguazu. It is advised to take place in front of the bus, as in the back of the bus a toilet might annoy your trip. Iguazu is located at ... read more

Luggage suprisingly arrived!In the mean time we bought some basic stuff. Hardest thing was to find a 'normal' bikini as they all wear strings over here (also the people above 90 years old). We bought an Ipanema Bum Bum (and bum bum stands for ass). Hereby some first impressions of Rio. Culture They say that to know a country you should experience the culture. So we decided to taste beers, Itaipava - Skoll - Antartica - Brahma - Caiperinha (ow yes that's not a beer of course).... you can also find Stella everywhere, Leuven is not far away.... Brazilians are drinking all day long, and they drink lot's... Beside drinking we also checked out the local food. Rice, beans and great 'Picanha' meat. We had dinner together with friends of Lidia (the mother of Roger - ... read more

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testing camera - buying travel stuff - booking the ticket - packing the bag - eating some cake... read more