Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I had a pretty good day in the city today, even though this city isn’t much to look at. I left the hostel and walked about 25 minutes down to Parque Republica for a free walking tour. This walk was the most uncomfortable I have been for a while, because I had my camera with me, and it was not a nice neighborhood I was walking through to get there. I made it there safely…
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I spent most of today at my hostel planning for the rest of my trip in Brazil. It’s getting harder and harder to do things at the last minute because I have certain dates where I need to be in certain places, and it’s a pretty busy time in Brazil, so places are filling up. I was able to get a lot done today though, so even though I didn’t see any of Sao Paulo,…
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I woke up this morning and I was just outside of Sao Paulo on the bus. I got a few hours of sleep, but not a lot on the bus last night. I’ve definitely had worse nights on a bus though, so it wasn’t all that bad. I got into Sao Paulo around 9am and had to get a taxi from the bus terminal to my hostel. I felt like I got screwed by the…
Barra da Lagoa, Brazil, South America Today was a bit of a wasted day due to a miscommunication, but it’s not the end of the world. I hung out at my hotel until check out time at noon, and then had to get out. I had been in touch with Graeme and I thought the plan was to go meet him and Hillary at their hostel and I could leave my bags there for the day. He thought I was…
Barra da Lagoa, Brazil, South America I had another great night’s sleep last night and slept pretty late again. It was a very similar day to yesterday where I relaxed in the morning, and then went to meet up with Graeme and Hillary. Today we tried a different beach called Mole Beach. This one is in between where I’m staying and where Graeme and Hillary are staying. I walked over there only to realize that it is up a huge…
Barra da Lagoa, Brazil, South America I had an awesome night’s sleep last night. It was a combination of being exhausted after that bus ride, a really firm mattress, excellent black-out blinds, and a perfectly cooled room. I actually slept until about 9am, and then chilled for a bit reading ESPN and listening to WEEI radio. The biggest story in the world right now is Deflate-gate with the Patriots. It’s absolutely crap, but because it’s the week before the Super…
Barra da Lagoa, Brazil, South America It was a pretty good bus ride last night, and I think I actually got about four hours of sleep. That’s pretty good for me. We got into Florianopolis at about 11:30am and I traded contact information with Graeme and Hillary and went over to the other local bus terminal. They are staying in Florianopolis for the night and I’m staying out at Barra da Lagoa, so I needed to get another bus. I…
Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, South America I didn’t get up to much today, but it was pretty relaxing. I had to check out of my hostel at 11am, so I got all my stuff together and headed out then. I left my bags at the hotel, and just brought my laptop to the mall down the street. It’s really nice to find a place like that where it’s air conditioned and you don’t feel like you’re going to sweat to…
Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, South America I had an awesome day at Iguazu Falls today!! The day started out with a relatively late rise at the hotel after a great night’s sleep. I went down to have breakfast at the hostel and didn’t expect it to be much, but it was actually a pretty decent buffet with meats, cheeses, fruits, breads, and drinks. I enjoyed my breakfast and then got myself sorted to go out to see the falls from…
Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, South America I got up this morning as late as I could, which was 8:30am. I had “breakfast” at the hostel, which consisted of a couple pieces of bread, some jam, and juice. I got a cold shower in one of the worst bathrooms I’ve had to use on this whole trip, and then packed up my stuff to get going. I headed out at around 11am to catch a bus across the border to Brazil….