by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 15, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Scenery, Uncategorized
Famous for its breathtaking scenery and position on the South Atlantic coast, everyone thinks of Rio when conjuring images of Brazil. We stopped in the country’s second largest city, for a couple of nights, on our way up to Bahia. With only a couple of days to... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 8, 2018 | Brazil, Flora and Fauna, Landscapes, Scenery
Historic Paraty (pronounced Parachi) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500-1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822-1889) municipality with a population of about 36,000. After the discovery of the world’s richest gold mines in 1696 in the mountains of Minas Gerais,... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jun 29, 2018 | Brazil, Flora and Fauna, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
We knew Brazil was huge, but it’s only by being in this staggering 8.5 million square kilometers (3.3 million square miles) of country that its serious size has fully sunk in! Determining where to travel, on our budget, has been the most difficult of our travelling... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jun 25, 2018 | Argentina, Brazil, Countries, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls, depending on whether you’re in Argentina or Brazil, are waterfalls (cataratas) of the Iguazu River. They cascade over the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jun 22, 2018 | Animals, Argentina, Flora and Fauna, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
The second largest wetlands in the world (after the Pantanal in Brazil) are found in the northeast of Argentina. Such reserves house unique and rich ecosystems, so we were keen to visit one. Sadly, it appeared to us that accessing the wetlands in Brazil would be...
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