UruguayPunta San Pedro34°28’16” S 57°51’7” W
12. elokuuta 2024, Uruguay ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
Today we took a day trip to Colonia, Uruguay, from Buenos Aires.
It is just an hour across the Rio Plata. Colonia is a quaint town, with both Spanish and Portuguese influences, having been occupiedLue lisää
ArgentiinaPalermo34°35’11” S 58°25’28” W
12. elokuuta 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
So Argentina has a problem with inflation (currently over 140%) and foreign exchange rates as a result where there is an official rate and a real street rate which is nearly twice as good. We broughtLue lisää
ArgentiinaIguaçu Falls25°41’15” S 54°26’43” W
16. elokuuta 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
For our last few days in Argentina we are at Iguazú and visiting the famous falls - one of the 7 New Wonders of the World.
Today we spent the whole day walking around the trails and seeing theLue lisää
BrasiliaFoz do Iguaçu25°41’44” S 54°26’15” W
16. elokuuta 2024, Brasilia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
So we took the opportunity to see Iguazú Falls by a couple of different ways.
First we upgraded the shower in our hotel to the full falls treatment taking a boat ride into the falls themselves. WeLue lisää
ArgentiinaPuerto Canoas25°42’55” S 54°26’12” W
18. elokuuta 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We have also spent a few days birding in Argentina. A couple around Buenos Aires and one at Iguazu. I attach some photos of the wildlife we saw.
Of the 181 species we identified in Argentina 104Lue lisää
BrasiliaFoz do Iguaçu25°41’17” S 54°26’22” W
19. elokuuta 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We have now crossed over into Brazil and this morning we visited the falls again from this side.
There is a much smaller area to explore but the view points are absolutely spectacular (better thanLue lisää
ParaguayRío Acaray-mí25°30’34” S 54°36’23” W
20. elokuuta 2024, Paraguay ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Today we have some hours after we checkout of our hotel (11am) and before we fly to Rio (6pm) so we decided to pop over the border to Paraguay.
We simply took a 10 minute Uber to the border andLue lisää
BrasiliaChrist the Redeemer22°57’7” S 43°12’36” W
22.–27. elok. 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
So we arrived in Rio, our last stop, a couple of days back.
On the first day here we went birding. We planned a big day staring at 5.30 and saw an amazing 128 species of which 65 were new. I mightLue lisää
BrasiliaCinelândia22°54’35” S 43°10’34” W
23. elokuuta 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today we took a walking tour with a local. We visited many of the city centre sites.
We started with the historic buildings and squares modelled on Paris and built in the early 20th century.
WeLue lisää
BrasiliaPonta do Arpoador22°59’51” S 43°11’30” W
23. elokuuta 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Looking back 8 months ago, we started our trip in Mexico with an amazing hot air balloon flight.
We kind of wanted to end with a similar amazing experience, so we took a Helicopter flight over Rio.Lue lisää
