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• Florianopolis, Brazil

  

  Today we were up relatively early as Joao and Carol had organised a couple of days in Florianopolis; the capital City of the state of Santa Catarina and... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Itajai and Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

  

  It was time to say goodbye, or perhaps more hopefully; “see you soon” to Guto, Karina, Francisco and Mariana as we were bound for another new location; Itajai... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Morretes, Brazil

  

  Having spent the morning in the company of Guto, sampling some locals foods and drinks (non-alcoholic at this point – it was still early guys! Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Curitiba, Brazil

  

  As regular readers may know, for a significant part of our travels we had been experiencing these amazing new places with a fellow blog and much more than... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil

  

  We would like to start our tale of exploration and adventure in our final country of this trip; Brazil, with rapturous, vibrant and colourful descriptions... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Iguazu Falls, Argentina

  

  The coach from Buenos Aires to Iguazu falls takes approximately 18 hours which is why we chose to take the overnight option; attempting not to use up one of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Buenos Aires, Argentina

  

  Three and a half hours on a bus, traveling South-East from Rosario lies the Argentinian capital; Buenos Aires, often described as one of the most ‘European’... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Rosario, Argentina

  

  Leaving Cordoba late afternoon, the bus journey took approximately 5 hours to travel the 400 kilometers, South-East across the plains of Argentina before... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cordoba, Argentina

  

  The alarm sounded, thank goodness! This was a good start to the day, an important start to the day, albeit at a slightly ridiculous hour of the morning to... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mendoza, Argentina

  

  The bus journey from Salta, although long, was very comfortable. We had heard from quite a few fellow travellers about the quality of the buses in Argentina... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Salta, Argentina

  

  The trip through the northern area of Argentina was extremely picturesque and actually quite an education in the sense that we didn’t realise just how... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Uyuni and The Salt Flats; Bolivia

  

  Arriving at the bus station in Sucre with just ten minutes before the bus was due to leave, and with that same nervous anticipation of what it might be like, I... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sucre, Bolivia

  

  I had heard some slightly worrying and potentially off-putting stories about the buses in Bolivia, but so far my experience had been quite contrary to these... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Tiwanaku, Bolivia

  

  Approximately an hour and a half out of La Paz is the old town of Tiwanaku and today would see me take a tour this way to learn about the forefathers of ‘The... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• La Paz and a Dangerous Road; Bolivia

  

  At 1pm our bus would be leaving Copacabana for the three-hour journey to the highest capital City in the world; La Paz. Upon boarding the bus we discovered... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Copacabana and Isla Del Sol, Bolivia

  

  Once more and most definitely not for the first time it was time to catch a night bus. I had decided to pay a little extra and go with ‘Cruz Del Sur’ a company... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu, Peru

  

  Day 1 – 19kmAnd here it begins. I was ready for 4am to be picked up by my guide and to meet the rest of the party on the five-day-four-night trek through the... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lima and Cusco, Peru

  

  I arrived in Lima at lunchtime with instructions on how to get to the host family I would be staying with as part of my two-week Spanish course with ‘Peruwayna’... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Arequipa and The Colca Canyon, Peru

  

  We had heard much about the border crossing from Arica in Chile to Tacna in Peru. Various forms of various stories with varying degrees of success,... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lauca National Park, Chile

  

  We were up at 6:30am this morning and ready to go for 7am which was when we were getting picked up for this full-day, round-trip to Lauca National Park; the... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL