Well what a journey! It turned into a marathon to reach Arraial d'Ajuda, starting with the slow-boat we had to catch from Boipeba. This off-loaded us on another island, where we were able to get to the mainland via a local bus with a crazy driver, getting to Valença at around 2. We spent the rest of our day in Valença, waiting for our overnight bus at 9:30, going to a restaurant and then a cafe to burn time, before sitting at the bus terminal for what seemed li...

Here's our latest installment, reliving beaches, speedboats and coconuts: On Saturday (my Grandpa's 80th birthday!), we had to be up early so we could get our speedboat from Salvador to Morro de Sao Paulo. We were onboard for over two hours, and it was extremely rough, with large waves throwing us all over the place, and giving those unlucky enough to be sat outside a soaking (we even got pretty wet inside). Jo and I focused on the horizon and took deep breaths,...

Hi everyone, here's what we've been up to in Salvador since we arrived: On Wednesday, we left our hostel in Foz do Iguaçu for the airport at around 2. Our flight left slightly behind time for Curitiba, but made it up so that we could make our connection on to Salvador at 5.15. A slight moment of concern passed without hitch, when there was a distinct lack of signage for connectioins, and we nearly left the arrivals section! Other than that the flight went fairl...

Oi! (Hi!) everyone, and welcome to the final chapter of our blog: Brazil. We've been fairly busy over the last few days, crossing borders, and surveying the Iguazu waterfalls on both the Brazilian and Argentinean sides. Here's what we thought: We arrived in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, at around 1 p.m. on Sunday. We'd had a long overnight journey from Buenos Aires (around 19 hours in total), and felt pretty tired upon arrival. We were hoping for a change in the wea...