Catarino’s guest house is a basic but friendly hostel just off the main strip of Bonito (one block down and two across). Upon arrival we meet Catarino who is a middle aged Brazillian with a …
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Later that night, the weather inverts and drops a near twenty five/thirty degrees forcing us to grab our coats (we weren’t expecting to need them until we got to at least Bolivia). Lucy has to …
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The night held no respite from the heat.
Residing somewhere between brûlée and flambé, we bake throughout our slumber, waking to rehydrate through the night. The air con (failing to keep up with demand) could …
After four hours on the road, we make it to a transfer point and are beckoned into the back of a large truck with two bench seats, back to back. The truck has open sides, …
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The kilometres deplete quickly and we manage to sleep for a lot of the overnight journey. A bus ride like this also serves the purpose of being your accommodation for the night, (Get that down …
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São Paulo’s bus station is one of the biggest in the world with hundreds of platforms that depart to innumerable locations in South America. Predominantly fabricated in concrete it feels dated compared to European equivalents …
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The wifi in Paraty is terrible, Broken and intermittent (#firstworldproblems in a semi-third world place I know, but stick with me, it’s part of the story). We have to check a hostel cancellation in São …
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We eat breakfast, steal lunch and are told about a trail to a beach called Lopez mendes. The beach is described as one of the most beautiful on the island so we pack our daybags …
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A Portuguese Mr Miyagi enters the doors of the hostel and we are bundled into a yellow cab signalling the beginning of the journey to Ilha Grande. We pick up a Colombian couple and I …
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Colour is a commodity, a vibrancy expressed throughout the ideas and artists of Rio. Streets are adorned throughout and accessories sold by beach hawkers to tourists local, national and further afield drip with the bright …
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