By Luke, on April 21, 2011, 3:23 am
Arriving at Ceiba Tops lodge i cant help but feel conflicted. Is this the jungle experience that I wanted when i planned to come to the amazon jungle? One thing i am sure of is that this is not what i had ever imagined. Its no surprise to me that a place like this exists but i never thought i would have the opportunity to stay here.
For the past 4 nights myself and the rest of the AmazonCares Volunteers have been staying in what i would call more than adequate accommodation. Arriving at Ceiba Tops you immediately realise that it is on another level. Air con, hot running water, concrete path ways, Jacuzzi and pool are a dead give away. As we got off the boat to take a shortcut overland between the river Napo and Amazon one of the other volunteers was obviously looking forward to our Conflicted in the Amazon Jungle
By Luke, on February 10, 2011, 8:09 pm
We arrived in Campo Grande in the morning sometime, it was about 6 days ago now and mid morning is about as one time as the buses get in Brazil and undoubtedly the rest of South America. Anyway, the bus station at Campo Grande has recently moved to a site some 13 kilometers out of town, this through us to begin with. We found some help from the hostel who we had booked, from what I can gather they where busy prowling for business at the bus station. They kindly offered to take us to their hostel, did I mention we had booked it and had email conversation with them…
On arrival they had no information about the booking we had made with them through hostel Booker’s. Anyways they knocked ten reals off the bill so we where happy for the moment. I should mention at this point that we met Nic am Olly, a couple from London travelling for 3 A tour of the Pantanal with Ecological Expeditions
By Luke, on February 2, 2011, 9:00 am
After a slight delay at the border we arrived in Puerto Iguassu. The bus company which we travelled with gave us a lift to the door of the hostel. Not really necessary as it was just down the road from the buss station but a nice touch non the less… Timpo posada is well run and great value at £7.50 for an air conditioned dorm.
I’m not really to sure why their was such a delay at the border as travelling between Brazil and Argentina on the local buses it is no problem, we got stamps leaving and entering both, footprint says you don’t need to an entry stamp for Brazil unless your entering for the first time, we wanted to be sure though.
In the evening of our first day in Puerto Iguassu we had a little wonder around the town. It’s a nice small town geared up Foz/Puerto Iguassu (Iguazu)
By Luke, on January 28, 2011, 12:00 pm
The bus from Rio to Paraty is a four hour short trip along the coastal road which is stunning. Costa verde is the company and tickets where about $52 reals each, if you can sit on the left side of the bus. This part of the coast is beautiful, small deserted beaches, clear blue water, small islands and the Atlantic rain forest as a back drop.
We had booked our self a hostel while we where in Rio, luckily we had only booked the one night. Hotel Paraty was cold, dull and had no character what so ever. We dumped out bags and headed out in search of another hostel, I remembered seeing a sign at the bus station so headed in that direction.
Backpackers house run by Pablo was a completely different hostel, more like a home really. We strolled and Pablo was chilling in the pool, he The small colonial town of Paraty
By Luke, on August 13, 2009, 9:00 pm
Welcome to the first edition of my Round the world blog carnival.
Matt has some light reading to start you off, Aparnetly there are 8 types of backpacker, What type of backpacker are you?
Katie Sorene presents 25 Signs that You’re a True Citizen of the World | Travel Blog – Tripbase posted at Travel Blog – Tripbase.
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Liz Wright presents Travelogged: The Best Views in Istanbul posted at Travelogged, saying, “This isn’t from a RTW trip, but it’s good advice for if you’re stopping in Istanbul on your way around the world.” One word about the pictures, WOW!
Chris presents The Tricycle Diaries – an Idea becomes Reality posted at nomad4ever. A journey through bali, what a way to explore a country.
One Family presents Cancun Trip Report posted at One Family’s Blog, saying, “A frugal family trip report to Cancun, Mexico.” This blog has some fantastic Around the World Blog Carnival #1
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