Welcome to the section of my site that’s all about my favourite place in the world – South America. I spent five months there travelling overland from Colombia to Brazil through six countries – and completely fell in love. This continent is so rich in adventure, culture, and gorgeous landscapes.
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Argentina
Bolivia
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Chile
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Oh, and check out this post all about my five month trip through South America for a breakdown of all my favourite travel stories. It’s a great way to get an idea of how to structure your own route!
All my latest South America posts are below, but reach out if you have a specific question and I’ll do my best to help out…
Rio de Janeiro, we discovered, is an absolutely enormous city with dozens of different districts to explore, so varied that it can feel like you’re visiting multiple cities at once. From the Rocinha favela, where we were staying in the midst of the busy slum town, to the glossy city…
I chat Brazilian culture and food with Simone at the Cook in Rio class – oh, and we also make some food, too…
The final week of our five month South American Adventure was spent in Rio de Janeiro; the perfect place to really make the most of our last few days on the road. Better yet, we were there over the weekend of the World Cup Final, so that the usual party atmosphere was…
It was the very first day of the final week of our five month trip, so of course, everything had to go wrong. We arrived in Rio after a slow and uncomfy bus ride from Paraty which took a fair amount longer than the scheduled four hours; I slipped in and out…
4th – 10th July 2014 The fourth stop in our Brazil itinerary, Paraty, was a bit of an odd choice given our current northern location, but, as I mentioned before in my Porto Seguro post, our route was somewhat misshapen since our destination choices were dictated by budget, with the…
I’ve already mentioned that one side effect of the World Cup in Brazil this year was the stadiums driving visitors to towns which previously weren’t major tourist hotspots, like Belo Horizonte. Another effect was that the huge inflation of prices – particularly accommodation prices – in these cities drove backpackers like…
The World Cup events in Brazil have, of course, been a huge boost for tourism there and have also put some less-visited areas onto the travellers’ map, with some of the games being held in places that haven’t always been big tourist destinations. Like Belo Horizonte, one of the twelve…
20th June 2014 It sounds foolish to say it now, but as soon as we crossed the grey concrete bridge from Argentina to Brazil I noticed a difference that seemed to lie in more than the new language showing on every sign and shop front. Foz do Iguaçu, just a…
Much monkeying around at Paraty Sport Aventura, a tree top adventure playground in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest…
19th June 2014 I can’t believe I left it so long to write about Iguassu Falls, our last stop in Argentina. It was such an amazing, indescribable experience that I’ve been finding myself more and more reluctant to attempt to put it into words, and by now it has already…
Argentina Side In Argentina, the falls are called Cataratas de Iguazu. To get there, you can take the bus (company Rio Uruguay) for 40 pesos each way – either from the terminal or from the bus stop outside the supermarket on Avenida Victoria Aguirre. For the 30 minute journey, it’s a…
Paraty, a coastal town about four hours south or Rio, has so much more to offer than beautiful beaches. From waterfalls and swimming holes in the rich Atlantic Forest, to cachaça distilleries or action and adventure at Paraty Sport & Aventura, thiis is one of the best places to visit in…
