Posts under ‘Brazil’

Six months of traveling by land, sea, and air went pretty smoothly.  So… it makes sense that we’d end up stranded in Brazil with two days until our flight leaves for the Nepal/India extension.  Here’s how it went down.
We arrived four hours early for our Delta flight from Rio de Janeiro to Atlanta because we [...]

Twenty five days in a country slightly smaller than the United States is just not enough time.  We first thought about seeing as much as we could in three weeks but eventually became tired and blew through our budget rather quickly.  The distances in Brazil  are enormous and the buses are expensive.  Often it makes more sense to [...]

 
We landed in Manaus late in the evening and made our way by bus to the city center. It was around midnight and we had no idea where we were so we just shared the first taxi we found with an Australian couple to Hostel Manaus. There were no rooms available when we [...]

Yesterday, we made it to the final country on our South American wanderlust – Brazil! Getting our visas in Iguazu Falls (on the Argentine side) was expensive ($131 each) but hassle free. We didn´t need any of the required documentation listed on the consulate´s Web site and the visa was ready in a couple [...]