Not long after we arrived in Buenos Aires we bumped into two old friends from Bolivia, who were able to give us plenty of tips on what to do in the city that never sleeps. That's my own name for it, regardless of what people say about New York, because Argentina takes things to another level and BA is at the centre of it. The normal time for eating dinner here is about 10-11 pm, and the normal time to hit a club is about 2 am, which means you're coming home from ...

Water, water, everywhere. It may sound like you're back at primary school getting a lesson on the water cycle, but that is just the theme of this entry. For starters, leaving Floripa was the first time we had reason to use the rain covers on our backpacks. An overnight bus later and we arrived into the Brazilian town of Foz do Iguaçu, grabbed a quick shower and were off to one of the seven natural wonders of the world - Iguazu Falls. We arrived at the first vi...

Population: 40 million Area: 2.8 million square km (33 times bigger than Ireland) Currency: Peso (€0.17) Timezone: GMT -3 hours Capital: Buenos Aires Population of Buenos Aires: 13 million

We left Rio on Thursday, heading two hours south along the coast to Paraty. The town is famous for it's numerous nearby beaches as well as its well preserved colonial streets and is a popular spot for Brazilians to visit for the weekend, as we noticed on Saturday. Friday was a bit overcast, so even though there are dozens of beaches only a walk or a bus ride away, we decided it wouldn't be worth it so went on a bike trip instead. We took the bikes out of to...

Yesterday was Sean's birthday and in preparation we had picked Orlando's brain about good places to visit that night. The weather was a bit overcast but that didn't stop us from hitting the beach. If was a national holiday so we weren't the only ones. There were plenty of sunbathers and skim boarders as well as beach volleyball and beach tennis games going on. We got some celebrationary coconuts and chilled out for the afternoon before heading out that night. O...