Paraty was a nice little town to spend our last couple of days. We managed to get there in two long drive days so we had a free day before we had to clean the truck. The cleaning didn't take too long and we spent the afternoon on a boat cruise. Next day we drove to Rio, said goodbye to the truck and moved all our stuff out of it. I had one full day in Rio and it was a busy one. I went with a couple of others to see the Christ the Redeemer statue. It was soo bu...

It's Christmas in Brazil! We are at a hostel in Bonito and have spent the day eating, chilling out and playing pool volleyball. We also did secret santa so everyone got a present and we had a lot of fun opening them and seeing what people bought. Yesterday we were also here in Bonito and I went on a snorkelling trip in the Sucuri River. We started by rowing up stream and saw capuchin monkeys in the trees above us, then floated back down the river watching the ...

Iguazu Falls is beautiful. I spent a full day in the park on the Argentinean side wandering around and doing a few activities. The first was a drive through the jungle during which a guide told us about plants and I guess if we had seen any wildlife they would have talked about that as well. Then we got on a speed boat which took us up river to sit at the bottom of the falls and take photos, then after securing cameras etc in waterproof bags, took us right in c...

Oops I've been totally slack, lots to catch up on, don't know where to start. I guess with beaver spotting. We sat for a long time in the cold waiting for the beavers to come out of their houses. One was out when we first arrived but disappeared by the time we got close. When it didn't reappear we tried a different location with no luck, then another where, as it was starting to get dark, beavers started appearing. There were three swimming around at one point, q...

I have had a very outdoorsy week. The Moreno Glacier was beautiful, even after seeing the other glaciers, it was just spectacular. We had a boat trip to view the face, but the best part was the platforms you could walk around to see it from different angles. It was a cold, fun day. From El Calafate we crossed back into Chile to Torres del Paine National Park. There we had three full days to do different hikes in the park. I decided that since I managed to do t...