July 12th, 2008 Our plan was to take the 3pm bus, straight to Campo Grande (12 hr bus ride), from where we would take another bus to Corumba (6 hr bus ride), then a Taxi over to Puerto Suarez, Bolivia, where we would spend the night and catch our flight to Santa Cruz the next morning at...
July 11th, 2008 We got to Iguassu Falls last night. This city is at the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The hotel is beautiful, and right next to the local bus station (which was convenient as we took a bus from the airport). The courtyard of the hotel is creatively decorated...
July 5th, 2008 After the crazy taxi ride to Recife, and then a quick flight to Salvador, we had to stick around the airport until the bus service started. The taxis were charging R$70 for the trip, whereas the bus ride would cost us R$4 each. Besides, our apartment in Barra (neighbourhood...
July 1st, 2008 Took a bus from Natal, and it was a wonderful experience mainly because the bus was mostly empty and the chairs reclined back completely. We got to take a wicked nap! Got to the hotel around 7:30 pm and our first impression – awesome!! As we mentioned earlier, we...
Ponta Negra, Natal June 25th, 2008 Outside a plaza Flew out early yesterday morning, although the plane just rested on the tarmac lazily for over an hour past departure time. We were already quite sleepy and tired, so we were happy getting three seats each to lie down and nap. Finally...
Rio de Janeiro June 21st, 2008 Got here yesterday morning. It was a long bus ride from the airport to Copacabana (where we booked our hostel). The taxi may have made it here faster, but we didn’t feel like paying R$80 when we had the option of paying R$6.50 each by bus. The bus went...
Enroute to Manaus (Miami, FL) June 13th, 2008 Iguana…right beside the car rental lot! We’re dead-beat and tired, but finally sitting here in the waiting lounge to board our flight to Manaus. We had a 6 hour layover, which we used to do some urgent shopping at Wal-Mart...