Iguazu Falls, La Aldea de la Selva lodge
We have decided that we will take our last 2 days here off and just hang out at our wonderful eco lodge. It has a very welcoming large reception, dinning room, sitting room, all made from reclaimed wood. The chandelier is made from woven wood made to look like a large nest with lights in the middle,...
Iguazu Falls, feb 24
We flew from Buenos Aires early in the morning and arrived at our wonderful Eco lodge by 11:30 am. They showed us into our cabin and we took a taxi to the Falls. First we took a vehicle through the jungle. The most noticeable were enormous, like 4 m across and numerous layers spider webs. The spider...
Buenos Aires Feb 23, 2019
We have left our ship at 9 am and took taxi to our hotel. We relaxed for couple of hours, doing some catching up with paperwork, checking in for our flight tomorrow to Iguazu falls. We are staying in a quaint boutique hotel, narrow and high, very simple but welcoming. The location is fantastic , jus...
Buenos Aires Feb 22, 2019
Our last port. We psyched ourselves up for a 9 hr excursion. It was very hot but luckily for us, overcast day. We started with a car crash just outside the port in a middle of a large intersection. The young driver did not have driving licence nor ID. He also crashed into a motorcycle , the driver h...
Montevideo, Feb.21, 2019
Colonial city of Montevideo from 1680. Again interesting city, many highrises and some old buildings left, some in disrepair. After a drive through city we drove inland to visit Juanico winery, the largest in Uruguay. We tested one white Chardonnay, then 3red wines, from light to heavy, my favorite...
Punta del Este, Feb 20th
I made a mistake, the previous stop was feb 19... Punta del Este is called St Tropez of Uruguay. It was again a very hot day when you seek the air conditioning. The beaches were very beautiful, thecarchitecture very interesting , mostly from 1900 hundreds. It is very popular destination of rich and...
Porto Bello and Florianopolis
Nothing much to remember there as both days we had torrential tropical rain and despite our raincoats and umbrellas we were soaked to the skin. On our return we had a hot shower and put on layers of clothes to warm up. It was23C outside but being in wet clothing did not help. Both of our excursions...
Buzios, Ilha Grande,Parati
I have not kept up with this blog, too busy to write and too tired in the evenings. The past 3 stops here were little towns. Buzios and Ilha Grande had no cars, only accessible by small boats. We were tendered off. The scenery reminded us of our home around Victoria, with many islands, of course her...
Rio feb12
We had a great time in Rio! I was sorry we had to leave, one more day would have been nice. I was glad that we have walked on the Copacabana and and Ipanema beaches on the busy weekend and seen the weekday markets as well. We have made a 9 hrs excursion in Rio and were able to see most of the highli...
Boarding our ship in Rio
We have boarded our Oceania cruise and already had our lunch aboard. Of course we are still a bit jet lagged and after sleeping 10 hrs we got up early and walked to Ipanema beach. It was much quieter than on the weekend. We were getting hot so we came back to the hotel, had a great buffet breakfast...
Rio de janeiro
We have finally arrived to Rio safe and sound after 3 days of travel. Quite tired but very happy. Our modern, quiet hotel is next to Ipanema beach. We have a roof top pool but our first priority is a nap. We will explore later. Took some photos. Everything is lush, exotic flora everywhere. And very...