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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]