Cataratas del Iguazu - Brazil/Argentina Breathtaking, wet and surreal. We arrived to Foz do Iguazu (Brazil) very tired and very confused as to how to actually get ourselves to the famous waterfalls. A helpful lady at tourist information sent us on our way with a map and some bus numbers, and with ease we actually managed to get to the National Park. We...

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São Paulo - Brazil Artistic, laid-back and hot. Getting to São Paulo was our first experience with South American bus travel, and we were both rather impressed. We got there late on the Friday so found somewhere for dinner and spent the evening at the hostel.  Once again, free walking tours were our friend and we explored the downtown historical Center on Friday...

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Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Massive, active and impressive. We made it! A very long and, quite sleepless for some, flight later and we arrived at the airport around 5:30am. We had a very scenic drive to our hotel,  despite the weather not looking great. We dropped off our bags and headed down to the beach. It was a very gloomy day, no...

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Portugal - Lisbon  Short, sweet and hilly. The first challenge we faced was getting to the hostel, little did we know this involved a rather steep, and rather lengthy hill - not ideal with our bags. After catching our breaths, our first day involved lots of wandering around, exploring the many huge squares and the port. We very quickly stopped for some sorbetbefore...

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