Our last overnight bus had us travelling for 28 hours from Bonito to Floripa, a large island on the south coast of Brasil. We settled into a great hostel at Barra da Lagoa, which overlooked a long stretch of beach where locals & tourists spent their days soaking up the sun (they are sun worshippers), playing paddle ball, surfing (de even took a board out), playing football (aka soccer), and sampling snacks from the local vendors wandering along shoreline. And...

From Foz do Iguaçu we headed 24 hours north to a small village in the Pantanal region. It was in Bonito that we went snorkelling in the Rio da Prata, with crystal clear water enabling us to see various fish and the bubbling sands of the underground water source. Nic was even lucky enough to see an alligator swimming 15 metres in front of her ... though she didn't feel too lucky at the time! Under the water it was very peaceful as we were carried along by the riv...

After saying goodbye to beautiful Buenos Aires we jumped on our last Argentineon bus journey and headed to Iguazu Falls in the north of Argentina. The bus trip was one of the finest with Champagne and a 2 course meal being served as we sat back and watched DVD's.After we had arrived in Iguazu we headed out to the falls to check out what all the fuss was about and WOW I can see why they are classed as one of the most amazing falls in the world. SO much water!Afte...

Instead of spending our last weekend in Argentina in BA, we decided to head to a small town 3 hours north called Gualeguaychu where they hold a carnival parade every weekend during January & February. We arranged to stay in a room at the house of a lovely couple, Amalia & Omar, who made us feel so welcome (even though neither of them spoke any English, and our Spanish is still pretty limited). That night they drove us around town to show us the sights .....

After 16 hours on a bus we arrived in Buenos Aires, which we instantly fell in love with, despite the 30 degree dorm room with smelly boys! BA is like the Europe of South America, the buildings and plaza´s are amazing and the main street that goes through the centre is 20 lanes wide. We dropped our bags and headed straight out to do some shopping as we have been waiting for 9 months to upgrade our clothes and get rid of all the hiking attire. Our first attempts...