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 […]
It’s not as bad as it looks…
Caraguatatuba and Sao Paulo, Brazil We left Paraty feeling we could have spent a little more time there – I suppose that’s not a bad thing. This wasn’t true of Caraguatabua, our next stop. We chose Caraguatatuba because it is fun to hear Mary pronounce it, a not unreasonable distance between Paraty and Sao Paulo, […]
Mel’s Blog: Paraty bliss to Sao Paulo :|
Paraty, Brazil to Sao Paulo, Brazil I had the best day out visiting the Islands in Paraty. There is something about being on a boat, in the middle of the ocean with the sun shining that seems to resonate me. Perhaps it was diving from the boat into the depths of the cool refreshing ocean […]
The UNESCO site of cobbleboulder streets
Paraty, Brazil. After 7 nights in Rio, we left for Paraty – a Portuguese colonial town. According to my primary source of facts (Wikipedia), Paraty traces its origins back to the 1500s. The historic centre, together with some of the surrounding areas, were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List sometime in 2019. The town […]
Lucy’s blog: Adventures in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil We moved out of the guest house where we stayed at the start and moved closer to Copacabana. Dad found a hostel near the beach. The waves at the beach where huge and some waves where so big that they would go on top of me. We had 3 attempts at […]
Mel’s blog: Starting off right….
I think about our trip, the weeks, months and years of planning….the reality of it all didn’t really hit me until I found myself standing in my empty house for the last time. I was flooded with the memories. The blood, sweat and tears which went into turning those bricks and mortar into our home. […]
Even Google can’t be trusted in Rio
Río de Janeiro, Brazil Despite all the foreign office warnings we haven’t been raped or mugged. Having said that, there are lots of indicators that not everything is always pleasant here… many stores have armed security guards, ATMs stop functioning at 10pm, many restaurants have signs warning patrons to avoid leaving phones and wallets on […]
Lucy’s blog: Beginning of an adventure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil We have landed in Rio de Janeiro a few hours before midnight. With just enough time to drop our bags and walk down to the beach to see in the new year, it was boiling hot even though it was the middle of the night. I hope you had a nice […]