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May 31, 2016April 9, 2017 By John H

Chile

We only had a short time in Chile and looking back, if we were planning it again, I think we could have spent a few weeks there. But since we only had a few days until we were flying to New Zealand, we concentrated our time in the hip coastal city of Valparaíso and the…

May 31, 2016November 17, 2017 By Alex

Paraty & São Paulo – Brazil

It was time to leave Rio and we had five days to get to São Paulo before our flight to Chile. Our lonely planet guide suggested a stop off point in a town called Paraty which was exactly half way so off we went. Paraty is right beside the sea along the Costa Verde (Green…

May 18, 2016April 9, 2017 By John H

Rio de Janeiro

We had planned our trip in South America around getting to Brazil for Carnival and now we had finally arrived in Rio de Janeiro! Everyone knows Brazil loves to party and Carnival didn’t disappoint. It’s basically like Paddy’s day in Dublin for a full week. That’s some peoples idea of heaven and some others idea…

May 17, 2016April 9, 2017 By Alex

Florianópolis – Brazil

February 1st marked the start of our Brazilian adventure. We had spent a good amount of time in Buenos Aires trying to plan out where and how we’d get around Brazil in the sixteen days we would have. We knew we wouldn’t be able to see everything but we’d make it to Rio de Janeiro…

May 5, 2016April 9, 2017 By John H

Paraguay

Despite being bang in the centre of the continent, Paraguay is one of the least visited countries in South America. It’s not the easiest place to get to by land and airfairs have a heavy levy for flights coming from outside the country. But since we were close to the border when we were at…

April 24, 2016April 9, 2017 By John H

Iguazu Falls

We were looking forward to our trip to the Iguazú Falls since we were at the planning stages and had a rough idea of going through there on our way from Argentina into Brazil. The falls, now classified as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, are on the border between the two…

April 23, 2016February 14, 2017 By Alex

Uruguay

When we were planning the South American part of the trip we did a very rough plan of how many weeks we expected to be in each country and the rough route we’d take. We had hoped to spend a bit of time in Uruguay and Paraguay but weren’t exactly sure if we’d fit them…

April 12, 2016March 13, 2017 By John H

Generic equivalent for levitra Argentina

Arriving into Argentina it seemed like a different continent – not just a different country. The people looked much more European than the indigenous people of Peru or Bolivia. They were much taller, whiter and their clothes were much more western compared to the Bolivians, especially the Bolivian women who wore long silky skirts, shawls…

April 5, 2016April 2, 2017 By Alex

Bolivia

The goal was to get from Arequipa in Peru to Copacabana in Bolivia in one day – a distance of about 450km. It took two taxis, a long distance bus, two packed mini vans full of locals, a bicycle with a rickshaw-esque seat bench which could hardly move, and a walk over the usual no…

February 19, 2016April 9, 2017 By John H

The Salt Flats / Salar de Uyuni

The Salt Flats of Bolivia (or Salar de Uyuni as the locals call it) is a natural salt desert in the south west of Bolivia and was definitely a highlight of the region. It was formed by a prehistoric lake that went dry and extends from the middle of Bolivia to the the Chilean boarder. There…

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