Tuesday we decided to go to Uruguay for a couple of days because it is only an hour ferry from Buenos Aires. The cost of the ferry was more than what we budgeted and what it said in the lonely planet but before we could decide not to go, the man had reserved our seats. We booked a nights hostel in Colonia del Sacramento, a small fishing town. It is a huge contrast from Buenos Aires and was nice to escape the madness of the city. When we arrived in Colonia we walk...

We got on yet another bus heading for Beunos Aires, 20hours away. We arrived at our hostel in BA and went for a walk around the area San Telmo. The vibe of the area was friendly, with lots of different restaurants and small bars. We sat outside one restaurant and had steak sandwiches, chips and beers, all for £8! It was so tasty! We then walked around the centre of BA, visiting some landmarks and found our way back to the hostel. At the hostel we planned our ro...

The fact that we decided to do the trip through the hostel proved to be a good decision as you needed to hand back your immigration slip at the Brazilian boarder but J had lost his. Normally you have to pay a $BR160 (£60) as a fine but because our tour guide crossed the border daily they let us off the fine! RESULT! The guide walked round the falls with both of us and a girl from Switzerland. He gave us useful information and knew exactly where to be and showe...

The overnight journey to Foz de Iguazu was relatively comfortable and we both managed to sleep well, apart from an old Brazilian man next to us coughing up all the rubbish in his lungs from smoking but then still smoking at every comfort break. We shared a taxi with an Irish couple as they were staying in the same hostel. The weather in Foz de Iguazu was raining and dull, but as the hostel said it was not set to change for the next 4 days we decided to visit th...

After about an hour and half we arrived in Paraty at yet another Che Lagarto hostel. We settled ourselves in and then went to find the most important thing... food! We went in to the local supermarket and bought our dinners (pasta and pizzas) for the 3 nights. We then got a couple of drinks at the hostel bar and spent the night chatting to an Australian guy, John, that we had previously met on our tour in Rio. John had been travelling for 9 months and was near...