Cataratas del Iguazú (Argentinian Side)

On our way back to Argentina, we couldn´t miss the great­est water­falls in South Amer­ica: Iguazú.

The falls are located between Argentina and Brazil. The national parks have a total of 275 falls (!), some over 80 meters tall! Basi­cally, just when you think you took the per­fect pic­ture, there is another bet­ter water­falls just around the corner.

Beautiful Beaches Of Brazil

By the time we got to Rio de Janeiro, we started to look for plane tick­ets back home. But they were very expen­sive, so we knew we had to come back to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.

No wor­ries. We bused back, stop­ping in Flo­ri­anópo­lis and in Curitiba, enjoy­ing the beau­ti­ful beaches alon

Pão de Açúcar

The iconic Sugar Loaf is the best spot in Rio for the thrill of the cable-car ride, for the small hikes on top of the Urca moun­tain, for the views over Rio and for the sun­sets. Lucky us, we got it all!

Copacabana And Ipanema

Rio de Janeiro is most famous for its picture-perfect beaches, mostly Copaca­bana and Ipanema.

Samba De Janeiro!

We attended the Parade of the Cham­pi­ons, fea­tur­ing the best samba schools in Rio, who had the whole night to show off. We took the sub­way to the sta­dium, with — it seemed — half of Rio. A lot of per­form­ers were already wear­ing their cus­toms in the sub­way, and I got a hug from two ¨golden guys¨ who put glit­ters all over me.

It´s Raining In Paradise

The bus sta­tion was okay, but as we took the hos­tel street, we stepped in the water, knee-deep. We man­aged to get back to the hos­tel (barefeet) where we learned Paraty floods quite often.

Cachoeira Do Tobogã

Now, as I said before, I do not speak Por­tuguese. Cachoeira sounded like cas­cada in Span­ish, so I was pretty sure we were going to see water­falls. I didn’t give much thought to the Tobogã part of the story.

Bloco Da Lama (Mud People)

We could not resist try­ing that out (and take pic­tures!). We basi­cally fell into the sticky gooey mud pit, and cov­ered our­selves with a thick layer. Yes, it does stink a bit but the mud is quite clean.