Our hotel in Encarnación was quite nice, we had a nice big room and a comfy bed. Conveniently, there was a place across the road that made lomito sandwiches with an arabic twist, so kinda like a South American kebab, that made a good dinner. First up in the morning we walked around the Costanera (waterfront) overlooking Posadas, Argentina on the other side of the river. It's done quite nicely with a river beach and places to eat, though most was shut as its wi...

We arrived in Ciudad del Este around dinner time. Our hostel wasn't in walking distance from the terminal with luggage so we took a taxi. We knew it was a bit out of town, but we didn't realise there would be no where nearby to grab some food. Our only option was to order pizza, which was actually pretty good. In the morning, we thought we should get some washing done. The hostel had a machine we could use which was great, though the load took forever, at least ...

We were met at the gate to Laguna Blanca by Becca, the Primate Project Coordinator at Laguna Blanca, despite being about 40 minutes late. We threw our bags in the back of the ute and were driven through a soy plantation, then a patch of Atlantic forest, and to a clearing with a few buildings and a beautiful white sand beach leading to the lake. On one side of the clearing is the tourist resort, and on the other the housing for employees, interns and volunteers a...

We arrived in Concepcion at around 5.30pm, and the bus was kind enough to drop us at the cross street closest to our hotel. While it wasn't the most expensive hotel, it was actually quite nice and we were glad to arrive. As we only had one night in Concepcion, we wanted to at least check out some of the place. Our hotel wasn't far from the port so we wandered down there. It wasn't very exciting, though we had just missed a massive party, the "Insane Selfie" part...

Marylin drove us out to the property, and showed us to our room, which was attached to a big shed, separate from the house. The property is owned by her parents and brother, she is allowed to use the house for tourists and her husband (Gerrado) manages the farm. Compared to some other places we have stayed in it was really lovely. As it was a bit late for dinner we were given some toast, jam and a coffee. The house was quite nice with a large patio room where our...