Well its been an amazing couple of weeks since we left the tranquility of the Pantanal, the theme has been beaches and Brazil now finds itself firmly on my favorites list; the culture, people, cities, beaches, jungles, parties, sights; its all fabulous! It was with mixed emotions we headed to the airport today, sad to be leaving fabulous Rio, but excited to be starting our journey home. Apart from the obvious fact I have to get on a plane of course. So about B...

Hammocks are highly underrated. Sitting here in the heat of the Pantanal, swinging in my hammock in the shade of a tree, listening to hundreds of different birds sing their song; life is good. Initially we planned 3 nights; with the bugs and the heat i thought that might even be pushing it. Turns out we loved it here at pousada Santa Clara and have squeezed an extra night in. The Pantanal is the biggest wetland in the world and home to a huge array of flora a...

As soon as we stepped off the bus, humidity slapped us in the face; we were definitely back in the tropics. The town of Puerto Iguazu is actually nice, very laid back and relaxing. After our epic ride from BA relaxing is what we needed so headed to a wildlife rescue centre. Not wanting to wait 2 hours for the next English tour we opted for the Spanish one. I'm practically fluent now anyway. My fluency obviously only extends to menus as I had no idea what t...

18 hour bus rides are quite the experience, nowhere else have I been offered champagne in my super big, super reclinable chair. Pretty much sums up Argentina, its fantastic. As I write this we are leaving elegant Buenos Aires for thundering Iguazu falls. We have covered quite a bit of the country..... Leaving San Pedro in Chile we decided to head to Salta in north western Argentina. The bus was 9 hours but a night bus didn't exist, we soon found out why. Th...

As it turns out an 8 hour overnight bus on an unsealed road is pretty average in the comfort stakes. When the entertainment is rise of planet of the apes its even more dire. Things did not improve once we arrived in Uyuni; it's hot, dusty, extremely unattractive and void of anything to do, plus it was sunday so everything was shut. Being there had been a public holiday 2 days beforehand there was also no gas in town, meaning no tours seemed to be going. We ch...