Although quite small and without many tourist attractions, the nicest city in Paraguay would have to be Encarnación. The city runs along the Rio Paraná, where a new promenade with shops and cafés has been built in front of a river beach. Despite the winter weather being quite warm when we were there, I was … More Encarnación, the Pearl of the South
When we were buying our bus ticket to Asunción, there were a number of potential vendors, so as usual we shopped around for the best price. There were two stalls next to each both offering the same price (50,000 Guaraní [G]), leaving at the same time and showing us buses that looked very similar. After … More Asunción
The Triple Frontier is a tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers meet. The actual junction of all the border is signified by 3 obelisks, one in each country painted with the national colours of the country in which it stands. Getting to each country is relatively easy if … More Triple Frontier’s Border Crossings
Straddling the boarder between Brazil and Argentina, made up of a combination of 275 falls, varying between 62 – 80 metres high, is the spectacular and impressive, Iguazu Falls. Walking around the falls, the thundering sound of rushing water is almost deafening. The main attraction is the Devil’s Throat, a U-shape area which is 82 … More Iguazu Falls: Brazil Vs Argentina
So far in Brazil we had met hardly any travellers who had visited Paraguay and many blogs don’t have too many positive things to say about it. Determined to make up our own minds on the country and with it being so close to Iguazu Falls we thought why not go and check it out?
Everyone keeps telling us that Florianópolis is better in summer, which I thought was kind of weird because almost everywhere (except ski resorts) are better in summer! Thankfully this didn’t deter us from going down to check it out ourselves and I’m so happy we did. Although Florianópolis is the main city on Ilha de … More Down south in Florianópolis
Just 236 km away (4.5 hrs by bus) from Rio, Paraty is another popular getaway for cariocas or a good stop off point to break the trip up from Rio to São Paulo. It’s hard not to like this beautiful colonial town with its cobblestone roads (watch out for twisting an ankle, especially if you … More Colonial Paraty
Rio is a huge city and has a number of main neighbourhoods to stay in. If you haven’t been there it can be tricky to decide which one is best for you. Whilst we were there we stayed in five different hostels to get a feel for the different areas. Here is a run down … More Where to stay in Rio
After Manaus, we flew back to Rio for the last couple of weeks of the World Cup as we wanted to be there when the finals were being played in Maracanã stadium. To say Rio was mayhem is an understatement. There were so many people everywhere, it was hard to move anywhere; on the beaches, … More Rio and FIFA World Cup Finals
If there are only two tourist attractions you are going to do in Rio, make sure it is Cristo Redentor and Pão de Açúcar and make sure you do them right!
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