BRAZIL | Saturday, 6 Dec 2008 | Views [943]
Oi All, Happppppppy birthday Vanessa (south american 5dec). Have confined ourselves to the 'safe' old city area with armed guards on the corners and armed guards escorting tourist groups led by guides with marker flags. A little concerning when ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [847]
Oi All, Went to a candomble ceremony last night. Those people sure have energy and rhythm. Now this wasn't part of the plan. Vanessa and I went for a walk along a walkway heading out to the lighthouse...and got robbed. Shame as it was a beautiful ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [1004]
Oi All! Not much sleep on the bus last night. We stopped every 3hrs. Couple of interesting incidents 1) a crazy person who was on the bus decided to start harassing other passengers. Bus driver got rid of him quickily at the nearest bus station with ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Views [1699]
Oi All, This blog entry had been written by a zombie who represents David. Finally here in Rio after 28 hrs of bus trip. Tired and cranky. Had to throw sensibility out the window with the computer images. Went out and bought a USB card reader for ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Saturday, 29 Nov 2008 | Views [753]
Oi All, Another steamy day in the tropics. Went out to the Gruta do Lago Azul (cave with blue lagoon) which was beautiful but we weren´t able to really enjoy it as it was overcomercialised with groups going through every 20 minutes. Took lots ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
BRAZIL | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
ARGENTINA | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
BRAZIL | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [817]
Oi All, Just arrived and staying at the HI hostel. Pantanal jungle was too much effort. will write it later. Yes there is the same image in a few new photo galleries. We are having trouble with retarded brazilian system setups. The image is a screen ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [1012]
Oi All, Day 1. So Al met us at Campo Grande bus terminal and handed us the tickets got us to the bus and said the bus driver will tell you when to get out in 5 hrs or about 1230pm. Windows were getting hotter and hotter the further we headed into the ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Sunday, 23 Nov 2008 | Views [1114]
Oi all, Yes in brazil it is no longer hola but oi. The green and gold - fellow australians maybe- Ozi,Ozi,Ozi...oi,oi,oi? It seems that much of the portuguese language is the same as spanish but with a bit of a lisp so we should just bumble along ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 22 Nov 2008 | Views [1560]
Hola All, Up early to go to the falls to beat the crowd. Got the 740am bus and got to the park only to find that it opened at 9am. Guess they are using the old maps??? Didn´t matter as Vanessa and I found some tucans feeding in the palm trees about ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | Views [947]
Hola All, Hopped on a bus and 26hrs later here we are at touristy puerto iguazu. Had to change at Tucuman and only realised a few minutes before the bus left that the correct time was different to Vanessa´s watch but we made it. The only seats on ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
URUGUAY | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
ARGENTINA | Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | Views [838]
Hola All, We are staying in the family inn hostel or that is what it seems. As I type, a group of kids are sitting next to me cracking themselves up with a webpage that makes farting sounds and another with a picture of an old man making rude gestures.... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 16 Nov 2008 | Views [999]
Hola All, Time to leave Buenos aires and check out something else. Easy to get seduced by the city. Consider this. To get to Salta all we had to do was book the train tickets, book the bus tickets, book the hostel. What can possibly go wrong? ah yes ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Views [748]
Hola All, Have to say that Uruguay isn´t as bad as I made it sound. Montevideo is just a tired city in need of a facelift. The waterfront is a little odd as the water is brown and this is so all the way to buenos aires. Uruguay is a lot more laid ... Read more >
URUGUAY | Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [989]
Hola All, Sitting on the docks at Buenos aires we looked across the bay and thought - lets just pop into another country for another stamp in the passport (stamp collectors?). So we did. Dumped our winter gear in the storage room of the hostel and ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 | Views [2057]
Hola All, What a fascinating city. Such a mix of old and new. Vanessa and I have walked and walked and walked around the streets. Partially because of bad navigation (not lost...really) and just wandering through different areas. Saw plenty of dog ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [1040] | Comments [1]
Hola All, Hopped on the bus at puerto madryn and thought no not another epic bus trip. Sat down and discovered that the seats while lovely, wide and comfortable did not allow me the legroom that i required. Mr cranky. So spent the night trying to get ... Read more >
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