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Florianopolis & Puerto de Galhinas, Brazil
Florianopolis A surfers paradise in SE Brazil. It’s a city but where we stayed, near the lagoons and the coast, you couldn’t see a skyscraper. With just 6 days left in S.America, this was the 1st half of our twin centre beach chill out phase. The 2nd half was spent in Puerto de Galhinas, also…
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Uruguay
A late entrant into our travel plans but what a hidden gem. Getting there Our day started with a 5am 30min Uber trip to the airport in Mendoza, followed by a 1.45hr flight to Buenos Aires, 20min Uber to the ferry port and a 1.15hr ferry ride to Colonia de Sacramento in Uruguay. Sounds like…
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Mendoza and Chacras de Coria
Mendoza The heart of the Cuyo region in Argentina, famed for its Malbec wine. The city is a mix of old and modern with multiple plazas. When you arrive at the airport you have to have your hand luggage scanned before you exit the baggage hall. Absolutely no idea why. It just causes a really…
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Buenos Aires
Otherwise known as the Paris of South America. We could see why it was called that looking at some of the buildings and avenues. We had been in the taxi for less that 20mins before we encountered maradona’s giant mural on the side of a high rise building. Messi got the most attention in the…
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Foz do Iguazu
We got the Pousada Rio Das Aguas (b&b) to recommend a driver that does the airport shuttle run and takes you to the falls. Giovanni was a star, he was like a combination of a tour guide and a taxi driver. The pousada we stayed in was a friendly place which had a resident character,…
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Sao Paolo
The journey to Sao Paolo Leaving Paraty was the start of the 4hr drive to return the hire car at the airport before getting a taxi into the centre. This plan was to negate the need for a divorce given ET wouldn’t need to drive through the city centre on a Friday afternoon. Immediately after…
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Ihla Grande & Paraty
The journey to Ihla Grande The drive was going well. I got us out of Rio without incident but then my navigation went a bit array. My offline map wouldn’t give me a route to the ferry port but I could get to a car park nearby. However, the waze app did give me a…
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Rio de Janeiro
Ipanema We stayed in Ipanema which is right next to the other infamous beach, Copacabana. If your budgies have gone missing we have located them in Ipanema. 50% of people are guilty of smuggling budgies. It’s rife here. Ipanema is a hotspot for male couples sporting more lycra than the Rio Olympics. To put the…
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Bogota
We envisaged a really old run down city with buses kicking out thick black plumes of smoke that would make you choke. We were totally wrong. Like you could find in any European city, there are lovely areas with parks and squares, more commercial high rise areas and some dodgy areas with long, busy main…
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Medellin & Santa Marta
Medellin We landed in a torrential downpour which lasted all of 10mins. The ride into the city took under 30mins, thanks to a massive tunnel they have built through the mountains. Prior to that it took an hour. We stayed at the Art Hotel which was a very modern style boutique hotel. Lovely place and…
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