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 Katherine, on February 1, 2011, 3:33 pm
So we are on another night bus. This one is not quite as nice as the last one (which was better than business class on a plane). At least this one should help to ease us in gently to the transport in Bolivia. Anyway so the last few days…
We arrived in puerto iguazu after it taking about an hour and a half to get across the border. Not because its difficult to cross the border at all but because the driver stopped for a break, even though we were less than a mile from the bus station??? We dumped our bags in the hostel and headed out into the town to find food. It was siesta time so it was like a ghost town. Later that evening we went for a walk around town and it was buzzing! It must have been 8-9pm and all the shops were Puerto Iguazu and Foz do Iguacu
By Katherine, on January 29, 2011, 12:00 pm
Phase 2 of our journey is complete. We have just spent 4 glorious days in the very beautiful paraty. We arrived on Saturday afternoon. The bus journey from rio was very comfortable. I can honestly say that, in my very nearly 27 years, I have never seen as many trees as I saw in that 4 and a half hours. Brazil is so beautiful!
We ambled around the colonial town of Paraty in the afternoon. It was much more relaxed than rio. The cobble streets are more like boulder streets! Very difficult to walk on in flip flops with blisters. There are loads of little quirky shops. It is only a small town, about the same size as Crediton (or Builth Wells for you welshies), so I find it hard understand why they need about 10 chemists?! In the evening we walked down to the seafront and had a Paraty
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 July 30, 2009, 6:43 pm
Short post with some pictures of some Waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons. A wet walk in the Brecon Beacons, Wales
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