Monthly Archives: February 2020

Wonderful Uruguay

After the beach time in Florianopolis in Brazil, we headed south to Uruguay.  Sat between Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay is a small country about the size of England and Wales combined.  It is the richest country in South America, and fairly flat, which all made travel quite straightforward. We started in the capital, Montevideo, and stayed in […]

Brazil’s Wild, Wild West

After the great city of São Paulo, we got on an overnight bus and a transfer to travel over 900 miles, a little more than the distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats. In 24 hours we had gone from the biggest city in South America to the far edge of Brazil, just fifty miles […]