We reach the Paraguay immigration, I hand him my passport and he's shaking his head and saying something I don't understand and probably don't want to hear, in Spanish. He calls an English speaking officer over and he confirms what I fear ... Australians DO need a visa as a pre-requisite for visiting Paraguay! Doh! Two other Australian girls also don't have it ... (Those on English passports don't need it).  I ask him has it changed recently as I'm sure I che...

So it's now day 6 (1 March) of my time in Floripa (Florionopolis' nick name) and waiting for check out time to leave my hostel. I am off to meet the lovely Zoe at her Posada near Barra Lagoa which is a half hour bus ride from where my hostel is in Central Lagoa (Hostel Lagoa). So after all the reservations I've had about staying in hostels ... I don't wanna leave!!! I've been meeting so many great fun people from all over the world and making so many new frie...

I arrived in Porto Allegre on the overnight bus & need not have worried about any problems at the Brazillian border with my visa, as slept straight through the whole thing! My old Brazillian housemate Luci put me in touch with her good friends and sister in Porto Alegre, which is the city in which she grew up. I had arranged with Andre for him to meet me at the bus station at 8am and fortunately he had no problems recognising me, despite the fact that for t...

I arrived in Colonia Del Sacramento with my great new friends from My Kumuka trip -  Leigh & James. Colonia is a pretty, but small town that we grew tired of quickly after walking around in the heat. We caught the afternoon bus to Montevideo which was approximately 2 hours away ... Leigh went to the hotel she'd booked for 3 nights and James and I went to our hostel - not all that cheap at $30 a night. Leigh piked and I arranged to meet her in the morning...

I arrived in Colonia Del Sacramento with my great new friends from My Kumuka trip -  Leigh & James. Colonia is a pretty, but small town that we grew tired of quickly after walking around in the heat. We caught the afternoon bus to Montevideo which was approximately 2 hours away ... Leigh went to the hotel she'd booked for 3 nights and James and I went to our hostel - not all that cheap at $30 a night. Leigh piked and I arranged to meet her in the morning...