Brazil

After the adventurous border crossing and badly slept night in the bus we arrived in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The city was quite nice but way too busy for our taste, so we spent the day in the sun walking around the city with a group of young guys from Manaus.

Next day we hopped on bus again, this time to Florianopolis, which is a modern and fancy city at the entrance to Ilha de Santa Catarina island. It's a hot spot for surfers, sun worshippers and party people. We decided once again to get away from the crowds and head towards a town called Barra da Lagoa. We stayed in the best hostel ever, Barra Beach Club. Free Caipirinhas every day! The view from the hostel:



The beach:

Exploring the Atlantic rainforest and beaches :

We ended up staying in Barra for five nights instead of three and still it wasn't enough. Spent the days hiking, tanning, snorkeling (saw our first sea horse!) and just watching the local fishermen.

 

 

the weather turned rainy and we decided to move on, so we booked a bus to one of our most awaited sights, Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazu waterfalls). We stayed on the Brazilian side and did day trips to the falls first to the Brazilian side and Argentinian side on the next day. The photos speak for themselves:

 

From Iguaçu the journey continues again towards the empanada heaven known also as Argentina.