Ilha Grande

After arriving in Angra dos Reis, we embarked on a speedboat and headed rather quickly out to Ilha Grande. Approaching Abrão, the main village on Ilha Grande, it was hard not to make comparisons to The Beach and Lost. The village is right on the beach and gives way to steep mountainous Atlantic rainforest in … Continue reading Ilha Grande →

São Paulo

The biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere and as such dismissed by a lot of travellers we met as ‘just another big city’. They were 100% wrong. We arrived early in the morning, checked in, had some breakfast and caught the subway back into the centre. First stop was a record shop frequented by Dans … Continue reading São Paulo →

Florianopolis, Brazil

So the 12th hour came and went, as we sat waiting in a bug infested immigration office. I had made the decision to leave the restaurant in Chuy, feeling we had more than outstayed our welcome after ordering almost everything on the menu, twice. Back in the immigration office, a nice chap assured us our … Continue reading Florianopolis, Brazil →

Uruguay, a whistle-stop tour

After a quick trip on the boat across from BA we arrived at Colonia de Sacramento, a small but well traveled town which centres around the historic cobbled streets on the peninsular. We checked in to our dubious room and headed out to explore. We stumbled upon live music in the plaza and climbed the … Continue reading Uruguay, a whistle-stop tour →

A week in Buenos Aires

We arrived in Buenos Aires early after an overnight bus then made our way to Palermo, a chic/trendy neighbourhood known for its lush green parks and good choice of bars and restaurants. We had booked an apartment for the week with AirBnB so after getting our bearings we headed there to meet the owner, a … Continue reading A week in Buenos Aires →

Mendoza

We arrived early and headed to our next hostel the Chill Inn which was on one of the main streets crammed with restaurants and bars. First impressions were of the lovely wide and leafy avenues of Mendoza, created this way after a brutal earthquake a few years ago. We wandered through the city and its … Continue reading Mendoza →

Salta & Cafayate, Argentina!

After a hop off/hop on border crossing, the bus took us on a spectacular road, winding up then over the Andes and we arrived in Salta sometime after sunset. With no local currency, we were forced to walk from the bus station to our hostel- something we said we would always avoid. Me being me, … Continue reading Salta & Cafayate, Argentina! →

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

We rocked up to San Pedro with nowhere to call home so after a quick feed at the small, leafy plaza we started looking for somewhere to lay our heads. Seen as we were both feeling a little… delicate, we decided to splash out on a gaff with a lovely pool so we could just … Continue reading San Pedro de Atacama, Chile →

Salar de Uyuniu

We met Chris at the bus stop in Sucre, an Englishman who thought it’d be worth taking anti-malaria tablets throughout his whole trip, “just in case” he was bitten. It led him to feel sick most of the time despite there being no malaria in the areas he went. Claire and I shared a laugh, … Continue reading Salar de Uyuniu →

Sucre

After a long bus ride south we reached Sucre and checked into Casa Verde, run by Renee the Belgian. He had kindly upgraded us to a rather nice suite, and had laid out some breakfast for us. We freshened up and hit the streets. We’d heard many people say how lovely a place it was … Continue reading Sucre →