21.3.2012. We left Florianopolis for a long bus trip to Montevideo the capital of Uruguay. We had to change at Porto Alegre. The bus journeys are not as bad as they sound. The first part was in daylight through some lovely countryside. The bus is comfortable and we had good ...

We have decided to try and intersperse sightseeing and long bus journeys with some R & R. We came to Florianopolis for sea and some relaxation. Of course sea is sea, but everyone relaxes differently. We are in a quaint family run hostel. It is in a quiet street but needs a bus trip to get to the beach etc, although it has local ameneties. We had a chat with the son and daughter of the owner and they gave us two suggestions for days out. So yesterday we did t...

We only had a half day today as we were leaving on the 4pm bus to Florianopolis (more about that later).So it was off to see the falls only this time from Brazil. What we had read and heard made us think that this would not be a good as the Argentine side. Not so. They say if you want to see the Empire State building dont go up it. View it from the Chrysler building. The same is true of the falls. The Argentine side is amazing but you are very close so dont get ...

13.3.2012. We had been talking about today since before we left. The waterfalls at Foz do Iguacu. They are meant to be some of the most spectacular in the world. The falls stretch across Brazil and Argentina and feed the river that defines the border. We are staying on the Brazilian side but today we are visiting the Argentine side. Don't mention the hand of god or the Falklands......I did but I think I got away with it!! Ok after brekkie it's off to the bus...

Well it's been a funny old few days. We started the morning after our drinking session on the local hooch with Jill bounding (still part pissed) across the terrace for a cup of tea. She went arse over whatsit and hurt her ankle. Guess who's carrying two bags now? Anyway she was very brave and still came out pirannha (spelling?) fishing. Neither of us caught anything despite there being thousands of them. We were glad really as we dont like hurting things. We al...