2023 started with sickness, cold and challenges in Northern Europe and ended with different sickness, cold and challenges in Indiana (US), but the filling of this annual sandwich was generally quite warm and rewarding as we gallivanted South America like we'd never done before. We got to see and do things parked on our "60 by 60 Lists" like go…
Iguazú Falls is one of those visceral awe-inspiring experiences that everyone should experience once in their lifetime. The earth’s largest waterfall (closely contested with Victoria) has a wingspan of nearly three kilometers (1.8 miles) of pummeling cascades, which are stitched together on the Brazil/Argentina border. It is ringed by luscious subtropical rainforests teeming with flitting colorful butterflies, melodious birds and…
Time to put our shorts and sundresses back on! After a seven hour bus ride west from Iguazu Falls, we had arrived somewhere we never thought we would…a new country and the sizzling capital of Paraguay. 🇵🇾 Bienvenidos a Asuncion, known as the “Mother of Cities” because it is one of the first cities in South America to be founded by…
The Bolivian Visa Process Our next destination would undoubtedly prove to be the most difficult and expensive entry in South America. Oh dear Bolivia. We have yet to figure out what the US did to you to make our entry oh-so-challenging when most (developed) countries waltz in easy-breezy and for free. Apologies on their behalf! Anyhow, the good news is,…
From Santa Cruz, we would jump on a three-hour shared mini bus amusingly called a Trufi here to our next destination of Samaipata, which would offer us the more rural and slower pace of life we’ve been craving after one too many recent cities. Although most tourists stick to the Salar de Uyuni and La Paz regions of Bolivia, there are…
Getting There & Our Accommodation From Samaipata, there was really only one way to our next destination…an 8 or 12 hour overnight bus, depending on who you ask. ($19/each) An overnight bus is practically the norm for us these days, which really isn’t an issue, particularly because they’re super comfortable in Latin America, and they save on a night of…
Well, by late August 2023, we had polished off our last frosty açai bowl in idyllically warm Brazil and traded it in for hand-warming matés in Uruguay. To find ourselves back in Spanish Land (yay!!), we woke up at a spritely time of 2:30 to arrive to the Belo Horizonte Airport by 4, which was followed by a flight with,…
We read in a BBC article that Buenos Aires and Montevideo are constantly trying to “out-Europe” the other so it was no surprise when arriving to socially progressive Montevideo felt a lot like…arriving in Europe. Vanished are most Latin American vibes and in its place are layers of Art Deco and neoclassical buildings, LGBTQ couples holding hands, polished and clean city…
