We took slow travel to a new level as we spent 21 days travelling by ship from Santos, Brazil to Venice, Italy. Along the way, we stopped at six ports of call in Brazil and five ports of call in Europe. … [Read more]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012 / christina
About 80 km from Sao Paulo, Santos has the biggest seaport in Latin America and it is from here that we board our transatlantic cruise. So it made sense to spend our last few days in this area, even though we had been warned this was not the nicest tourist destination.… [Read more]
Category: Brazil, South America
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012 / christina
With a population of 11+ million in the city and almost 20 million in its metropolitan region, to say São Paulo is big would be an understatement. In fact, São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and America, and the world’s sixth largest city by population.… [Read more]
Category: Brazil, South America
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 / christina
Much to my great dismay we arrived in Iguazú Falls a full hour ahead of schedule. This meant one hour less on the most luxurious bus I’ve ever been on. Perhaps I’m being a little facetious, but I’m not kidding about our very enjoyable 17 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazú (Bus company: Via Bariloche, Full Cama Service, if anybody is planning a trip).… [Read more]
Category: Argentina, Brazil, South America
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