After having seen the Iguazu Falls from both sides of the border we decided to move on southwest from Puerto Iguazu. We were heading towards Encarnación in Paraguay, right across the river from Argentina's Posadas. It was only a five to six hour bus ride to Posadas, but we cut it in portions none the less, by stopping at the Jesuit ruins in San Ignacio. We got the tickets just before heading out, after checking a couple of places at the bus station. They'd told ...

I realized only after arriving in Rio de Janeiro that I had actually completed the purpose of this journey. That is, to go around the world. I visited South America for two weeks in 2008 and traveled through, among other places, Santiago de Chile, where we now landed shortly before continuing to Rio. Thus I have gone around the world, returning to the same point where I started over seven years ago! That seemed to be something worth a mention before continuing...