NORTHEAST ARGENTINA - TRAVELLING DOWN TO BUENOS AIRES… PART 3 Thursday 16th July - Friday 17th July Rosario provided a breath of fresh air, in more ways than one. After the dull, disappointing town that was Resistencia and a nearly sleepless overnight jounrey on a cold and smelly semi-cama bus, the leafy, fresh plazas, large green parks and beautiful buildings lining the clean avenues of Rosario were welcomed with open arms (and noses!). Rosario was a great ...

NORTHEAST ARGENTINA - TRAVELLING DOWN TO BUENOS AIRES… PART 2 Monday 13th July - Wednesday 15th July "Sculpture lovers will wallow like pigs in mud in Resistencia" according to the Lonely Planet. From that description, I was expecting Resistencia to be interesting, maybe even quirky and quite contemporary, and with the ideas of nice parks and plazas to leisurely wonder around, I thought that our time here would be fun and exciting in this town. ...

NORTHEAST ARGENTINA - TRAVELLING DOWN TO BUENOS AIRES... PART 1 Sunday 12th July Before getting down to Buenos Aires, Rich and I wanted to get a feel for Argentina from other towns and cities. However, they weren´t the only places that we´d get to know Argentina a little better from. The 5 hour bus journey from Puerto Iguazu to San Ignacio Mini felt more like 5 minutes; after Rich insited I should stop reading and take a look at what was on the otherside of t...

BETWEEN BORDERS ... THE IGUAZU FALLS Saturday 11th July I didn´t think it´d be possible to spend an entire day in a national park looking at waterfalls without getting a bit bored of seeing the same kind of thing after a while... oh how I was wrong! After having travelled 24 hours on an overnight bus from Rio the day before (which wasn´t too bad apart from having to sit at the back by the loo and having 4 kids continually use the toilet and leave the door op...

ILHA GRANDE - THE BIG ISLAND THAT LEFT A BIG IMPRESSION Monday 6th July With the wind in my hair, sea water spraying up from the boat that was gallantly trying to cut through the waves and the sun starting to go down behind us on the mainland, I started to relax and let the magic and beauty of the Ilha Grande seep into my soul and take over. 150km southwest of Rio, the Ilha Grande is Brazil´s third largest island. Its terrain is made up of scenic beaches that ...