A bit of a long bus journey had to be endured for Floripa to Foz, 16 hours in total in took. You get used to journeys like that though, you don't even think about closely missing out on a full day somewhere. Leaving at 6pm and arriving at 10am the following morning is a great way to go about long distance travelling, sher what else would you be doing during those hours? We arrived at the rodoviaria as I said around 10am and got a taxi the short distance to our h...

We arrived that morning around 7am at Floripa's rodoviaria. The city of Floripa is built half on the main land and half on the neighbouring island of Santa Catarina. I was told of beautiful beaches there so hence our decision to go there but what I didn't realise was that where we were to stay wasn't in the city but on the coast of the island, as are many of the other hostels and accommodating there. Not a problem but not what I was expecting. I was expecting cit...

Leaving Paraty, I took the early afternoon bus that would get me to São Paulo around 7ish or so. The happy Lebanese man who was whipping up a freshly made kebab nearly made me miss my bus but all ended and tasted well in my favour! The journey again was your average bus journey both in length and in scenery. That was until we hit the outskirts of São Paulo. It was dark at this stage and looking out the window at the city in the distance all I can describe it as...

Welcome back to more of my travels so far. This latest edition takes me on board my first plane in quite some time heading from the Bahian capital Salvador down south to the famous city of Rio De Janeiro. Like with many things in Latin America, you have to do things backward to go forward and this flight was no exception. I decided to fly with the brazilian irline TAM which was the cheapest and got me to Rio in four hours or so. But instead of flying direct...

The journey took 3 hours or so, so nothing hectic, nothing I wasn't already used to anyways. We landed at our accommodation Paraty Backpackers which was in a great location, 50 metres from the rodoviaria, always a welcome when lugging heavy bags about and not having to pay for a taxi. The hostel was teeming with people when we arrived. It seemed messy, perhaps organised chaos but after the place was tidied up after dinner only then did I realise that it was a war...