Wednesday 27th January 2016 – Being in Buenos Aires did not begin well. I arrived early afternoon, and spent the rest of the afternoon searching for an ATM that would actually accept my card. Two i found weere out of service, two said I had exceeded my withdrawal limit (not…
Monday 18th January 2016 – After a rather awkward goodbye process in which I saw everyone another three times after the original goodbye, I set off for Termas del Dayman, a few miles outside of Salto. It’s the site of some hot springs, and it was now that possibly the…
Tuesday 05th January 2015 – I left Florianopolis at 7AM to get the bus to Porto Alegre, there being no direct bus to Montevideo. By 9AM I was away, and I arrived timely, sometime after three in the afternoon. This is where the plans were scuppered though. Straight over to…
Saturday 12th December 2015 – Saturday morning arrived – last saturday that is – and the five of us were up early to maybe avoid some of the crowds at Christ the Redeemer. It didn’t really work. We were at the base, where you can buy tickets for the tourist…
Friday 04th December 2015 – Again, it took over a day to reach my next destination. The twenty six hours to Rio de Janeiro matching my previous journey record, only this time the bus was slightly comfier. Not as much as I’d have liked, but comfier nonetheless. Through incidental conversation,…
Thursday 26th November 2015 – I was in a bad mood when I reached my hostel in Ciudad del Este. I’d left my external battery on the bus – it bad been invaluable for long journeys and I’d squandered it. There was no one else to blame either – I’d…
