From Sao Paulo we took a 20 hour -something buss ride to Foz du Iguazu. Foz de Iguazu is a city that boarders to an impressive waterfall which stretches across both the Argentinean and Brazilian border. The main part of the falls, however, is located on the Argentinean side and when we booked our tourist activity on our hostel in Brazil we were heading across the border to the Argentinean side. The most close up view of water falls in this park is called the ...

As is quite common in most countries Brazil also has their main city rivalry (of which city is the best). In Brazil this quarrel mainly plays out between the people of Sao Paulo, the Paulistas and the citizens of Rio de Janeiro, the Cariocas. The Paulistas are said to be jealous with the Cariocas for being handed all the cool and big events of the country, such as: - the annual ´Rock in Rio´ music festival; - the biggest games in the upcoming football world cup...

Date: 07.02 - 14.02 Temp: 24-30*C As quoted by our host in Rio, Piero: ´Rio is famous for its bandidos and its samba´. But regarding the two I have to say that the banidos where the ones that worried me the most when we arrived at the airport in Rio from Ecuador. Sure, I did not look forward to be ridiculed in the samba parade either, but I anticipated that I would have fewer problems surviving my encounter with the carnival than with the bandidos. With a fre...