I woke up as someone starting watching MTV in the bar area. I smeared some grape jam on a roll and drank the free lime juice. I accompanied Katie to the sand dunes and we hired sandboards. It was baking hot by the time we arrived at the dunes. It was really energy-sapping walking up to the top of the sand dunes but was fun sliding down. We were given candle wax which gives your board more speed when you slide downhill. We spent an hour dashing up dunes and ...

We were understandably exhausted but weren't going to let Ivan ruin our day. We walked to a nearby cove to sunbathe but it wasn't what we expected. So we walked along the wide sandy beach and found a secluded part of the beach to chill out. A rabid dog followed us and sat beside us. It was warm and sunny but the water was freezing! We sunbathed for 3 hours and then got a bus to Lagoa. We found a great cafe called Cultura while walking around Lagoa. We had g...

I woke up around 7ish as our bus stopped at a roadside cafe. I had some chocolate yoghurt and a can of sweet grape juice. We continued throughout the morning travelling north and reached Porto Alegre around 12 where we had a free buffet meal in a Japanese restaurant. It wasn't sushi but a range of cooked meats and pasta. We continued driving towards Florianopolis and eventually arrived around 5pm. We walked into the terminal and waved away offers of hostels...

We arrived in Puerto Iguazu around about 6.30am and went looking for a cafe to have breakfast. Also we had to find a bag shop as my little daypack burst spilling its contents on the street including all my postcards and Gabe's cards (she'd given me hers to post). However we managed to retrieve everything and buy a new bag. We had toast and coffee in a little cafe and then got a bus to Brazil. We had to pass through Argentina customs but not Brazilian custom...