Our trip to the Guyanese interior started at dawn in Georgetown. We elected to get a private pick up by 4WD as we had had a bad experience with buses on our trip to the Amazon in Brazil. So at 6am our driver picked us up and we started on our adventure into the jungle.…
5 Things I Was Not Expecting at Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls are a series of waterfalls at the junction of the Brazilian, Argentinian and Paraguayan borders. The falls are a new world wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site so breathtaking views were almost guaranteed, but these are five things I was not expecting. Foz Do Iguacu is more than a hotel hub I…
Mr Good, Mr Bad and Mr Ugly
I have been staying in hostels for 10 years now and as a result I have stayed with a lot of bad (and good) roommates. But this week in Brasilia was definitely on the extreme end of the scale! The hostel we are staying at in Brasilia might look like your average hostel with funky…
“You are going to Brazil? Aren’t you worried about Zika?”
This is what so many people have asked me. There is so much in the media about the Zika virus right now that it has started to become everyone’s number one concern for us. Family, friends and even our Airbnb hosts seem worried for our health. In fact, just yesterday I received an email from…