Category: World Trip 2009-2010
A 66-day adventure visting seven countries USA, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and New Zealand between 27 November 2009 and 31 January 2010.
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Tuesday 15 December 2009 Highlights: Snorkelling with topical fish Today we went to Rio da Prata which is a private farm with a really clear river which we went snorkelling down but not swimming (swimming can cause the dirt to kick up, we float instead). This was an amazing experience and we got some great…
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Monday 14 December 2009 Highlights: Beach fun, Snake handling The overnight bus trip went fine and we settled into the new hotel at Bonito as soon as we arrived. We learned that the daughter of the owner was having a birthday party tonight.
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Sunday 13 December 2009 Highlights: Itaipu Dam Water release Andrew skipped breakfast but made it down for our 11 am trip to Paraguay to buy electronics and go shopping. We weren’t stopped at the border entering Paraguay and before we knew it where in a new country. We did some shopping in Paraguay,…
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Saturday 12 December 2009 Highlights: Iguassu Falls from Argentina side, speed boat ride under the Falls, Devil’s Throat. What an amazing, stunning day. First we started with a great included breakfast, the best by far in the trip. It was a little difficult getting Andrew up to breakfast in time and he did struggle a…
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Friday 11 December 2009 Highlights: Natural Wonder of the World – Iguassu Falls Our 21 hour and 30 minute bus rides from Paraty come to an end at 11 am which was followed up with a short shuttle ride to our new hotel which looked very impressive. Unfortunately not all our rooms were ready…
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Thursday 10 June 2009 Highlights: Overnight Public Bus Adventure A curse of a traveller is long bus and plane trips. Today was the day for a 21 hour plus trip. After doing some shopping with Martin and Andrew to prepare for the big trip and transferring some money to our VISA Travel card…
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Wednesday 9 December 2009 Highlights: Jeep Tour of Paraty, Capoeira martial arts demonstration This was the first time the group split to do different activities. I went on a Jeep Tour while Andrew went on a small hike to a local beach and played games like table tennis and had some local alcoholic drinks.
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Tuesday 8 December 2009 Highlights: Catching fish and swimming on a slow boat ride to Paraty, Flash flooding in Paraty The rain didn’t stop all night and we are informed that Sao Paulo is under water which might cause problems in a few days. I got my pushups out of the way early and…
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Monday 7 December 2009 Highlights: Ilha Grande Prison ruins, National park hike, ocean swimming Kelly, Karen, Emma, Gareth and I got up early and went out to the old prison ruins undertaking a short 50-55 minute hike which was worth it to experience the rain forest on the island.
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Sunday 6 December 2009 Highlights: Caipirinha (strong alcoholic drink), enjoying local football match viewing party, drinking beers under the stars Getting up late, around 9.30 am, we packed up and left Rio with our new friends. We caught a private mini bus to a crossing point to Ilha Grande Island. The bus ride…
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