The reason for the next four days was this quote "... on epic 4WD-journey to Parque Nacional dos Lencois Maranhenses you'll roll past sand dunes and splash through creeks, ducking palms as the untouched landscape unfolds around you." "The best part is getting there," Shurik was very excited about this. I went along. I would be lying if I said I was ( Read more... )

Rio is officially my all time favorite from the big cities we've been to so far. Buenos Aires comes close with its tango and almost New York atmosphere, but Rio de Janeiro is a metropolitan intertwined with hills of jungle, framed by the ocean. I have never seen anything like this. The first thing we did is go up to Corcovado to see Christ the ( Read more... )

One, a town full of colonial architecture (which, by now, I had enough of). The other, a small village packed with somewhat bizarre home accessories like a female bust for your window sill or these charming TP dispensers.


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"We all live in giant airplane, giant airplane..." That should be a theme song of residents of Brasilia, Brazil's ultramodern, planned, built-from-scratch capital. The whole city is shaped like an airplane with government offices, public buildings, and monuments situated along the body, while 7km each wings are divided into hotel, commercial, and ( Read more... )

San Ignacio was just a short stop, not even half a day, on our way to the main and last attraction in Argentina - Iguazu Falls. The Jesuit and Guarani cultures are an important part of this country's heritage and this is where we chose to have our history lesson.
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An entire town situated on steep hills surrounding a tiny strip of land where one of the oldest and busiest of Chilean ports is located. Exploring the town would probably prove impossible if only not for the fifteen cable-cars ready and willing to take you wherever you wish.


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The only reason we stopped in Osorno was because we missed our bus across the border to Bariloche. It was already late in the afternoon and we had no idea what was available to do in town so we just walked around. We didn't hope to find much, but as usual we got more then we bargained for. As it turned out, Osorno was home to several enormous, ( Read more... )

Colorful, tiny, and noisy barrio of La Boca is a tight cluster of cafes, shops, and papier-mâché life size figurines. The day we chose to visit it was already packed with activities like moving to a different hostel, as we were not enjoying the company of our new uninvited roommates the Cucarachas, and we also had a dance class later that day, but ( Read more... )

The trip to Arequipa (Peru) took us about 24 hours, just a tad longer than our non-stop twenty-two hour bus ride from Lima to Cuzco. This time we spent less time in the bus, but with border crossing and three bus changes we got to Arequipa quite late the next evening. Personally, I was really looking forward to Arequipa. Many people we met on the ( Read more... )