ok, big big mistake leaving the blog so long, lots happened in rio, yet nothing at all. one of those places where time kinda passed us by and to try and write the little things that made it great now is going to be hard. but....i should finish this since ive kept it up to date from the start. we got there and checked into the santa clara hotel, the last night iclunded onteh GAP tour from Buenos Aires, and so the last night in a hotel, it was a return to hostels ...

IHla grande was just an all round chill outfew days. we did a capirinhi booze cruise type day where we all jst went ont eh boat, sunbathed, got filled up with capirnhi all day ad he took us to various to bays to swim and snorkel etc. really nice day but all turned into a bit ofa blur, got a bit more drunk than everyone realised and it wasnt even sunset when we got back so people just kinda conked. i went for aq wander and bought aload mor crap and tghen we attem...

had to get another night bus from iguassu to Sao Paulo which was late so we had to get a private bus to catch a small boat across to Ihla Grande. didnt even now this was on teh trip so its a nice suprsie and because we cant go to parati weve got longer here. its a little tropical holdiay type isalnd. no roads and narrow streets and in many ways reminds me of teh thai islands, expecially Ko Phi Phi. and since the weathers warm it was really nice to get of a boatg...

We left salto, eventually! really nothing to do there, went to another zoo which just as bad as the last. theyre like private pet collections gone a bit mad.anyway, got a taxio across the border back into to argentina to the bus terminal, ready to get the night bus up to Iguassu Falls. it was about a 14 hour journey but these buses are like business class on an airoplane. big reclioning comfy seat, blankets, pillows, movie, and we even got food and drink. there w...

a six hour bus journey to the north of the country we got to the border town of Salto. its a thermal area so i think its just good place to stop on teh way to iguassu before we cross teh border back into argentina. other than that, its dead, even samll than colonia and nothing going on. so we wspent all afternoon yesterday at the spas. it was so nice and relaxing. me and andrew both got massages again and i decided ive have my first facial. for about a fiver it w...