Miss Adventure turns South
Las Platas to Puerto Madryn, Argentina So, it’s fair to say we have encountered some unexpected challenges. The emissions warning indicator that illuminated on the short drive to Buenos Aires from Zarate (where we collected Miss Adventure) was really a warning of the challenges that lay ahead. I was annoyed with myself for not buying […]
Lucy’s blog: Miss Adventure has some problems
Bahai Blanca to Rada Tilly, Argentina In Bahai Blanca we got to see some local Carnival street performances. We also did some errands before moving on to the next town – Las Grutas. In Las Grutas, we stayed at a campsite. But, when we arrived we couldn’t turn the car back on. Some mechanics came […]
How not to import a vehicle to South America
Zarate, Argengina Having researched a lot and spoken to a number of people who’d shipped vehicles to South America, I had prepared for the import process to be somewhat character building. As I left on the Monday morning to meet Daniel (our shipping agent) at his office, I assured Mel and the little people that […]
Lucy’s blog: We got the campervan!!!
Buenos Aires to Bahai Blanca, Argentina After a short stay in Uruguay, we took a boat to Argentina. There dad spent 3 days in the port trying to get the van. Meanwhile, we visited the Children’s museum. It is like Kidzania in London. It was fun. I went and took on lots of cool jobs. […]
Things I’ve learned in Argentina…..
Buenos Aires, Argentina The ferry ride from Montevideo to Buenos Aires was uneventful – while it was storming outside, the water was calm, or calm enough that we didn’t notice from the boat. On the other hand, the storm meant we were welcomed to Buenos Aires with an astronomical surcharge added to the cost of […]
Lucy’s Blog: Chow Brazil, Hola Uruguay !!!
Sao Paulo, Florianópolis and Porto Alegre, Brazil to Montevideo, Uruguay Sorry it took me so long to write. I’ve been sooo busy. In Sao Paulo we saw an amazing football museum featuring Pele and Ronaldo. We also visited Batman alley. It had lots of cool paintings! We then went to Florianópolis. While there we went […]
Well, this is quite “Europeaney”
Montevideo, Uruguay As has been our primary mode of transport through South America, we arrived in Uruguay on Bus via the border town of Rio Branco. The night bus left Porto Alegre around 8pm, but due to the increasingly poor roads as we travelled farther south, I was up at 2am when we reached the […]
The water fall that wasn’t
Campo Grande, Aracatuba, Florianopilis, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Brazil We decided to rent a car and drive to the Pantanal (which both Mel and Lucy have written a lot about), which despite all the warnings and negative comments on various online forums (authored, obviously, by people who hadn’t driven in Brazil), was very straightforward. We […]
Mel’s Blog: Piranhas, Jaguars and 110 mosquito bites!
Sao Paulo, Bonito, Pantanal Brazil We survived Sao Paul! It wasn’t as scary as it had first seemed although as a city it was very confronting; the poverty, the homelessness and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. For some their daily commute is via helicopter, while others scavenged the bins for […]
Lucy’s blog: I am the best at catching fish in our family
Lots of places, Brazil We arrived in Party after Rio. In Party we went on a boat trip around some islands. The boat stopped and we jumped off the boat to go swimming. It was really fun. I could see lots of the scenery from the boat. Then we moved to Caraguatatuba where we went […]