A long overdue post... mainly about buses!
Hi everyone (that means you! all three of you!)Sorry about not posting another post since the latest post... my bad
Thing is, I don't really have any excuse really, I haven't been that busy or anything... I'm just wondering where to start. I may as well do a quick recap, and maybe an annecdote or three:
The rest of my time in Brasil was good, except for the lame weather in Florianopolis and Rio (when I went to see the statue of Jesus, Cristo Redentor, I couldn't see the city below, and could only barely even see the statue for the misty rain :( ) but at least i had a few good days there so I know how amazing both those places are on a good day. Salvador was good fun, nice and tropical with a great vibe in the streets. The only problem was that I wanted to go straight afterwards to Foz Do Iguazu, right on the border with Argentina... which meant a 34 hour bus trip to Sao Paulo, where I stopped over for a few hours and had a look around (I'll give you one word for the city-Immense) then it was a 14 hr trip t Iguazu over night... Which addd up to three nights in a row on the bus... happy days!
But Iguazu was amazing, I had a great time there, the waterfalls must be considered one of the most amazing sites in the world- phenomonal
then it was of to Paraguay, just across the border. It's not the most touristy country in the world- there's not a lot to do- it's supposedly the most corrupt country in the world outside of Africa, and it's South America 2nd poorest. But It was cool to chill out there for a few days.
I went ot church there on Sunday night, and then got invited out with some of the peeps to a movie and dinner afterwards, and went with them to the country where alot of the church was staying for the long weekend the next day for a barbeque and copious amounts of Terere (its like Mate, but with ice and cold water, if that means anything to you- if that doesn't, its this herb stuff chopped into bits, then put into a cup like thing until its nearly full, then water is poured in and you drink through this straw that has a sieve at the bottom, so you dont suck up the herby bits) which is a communal drink that gets passed and passed around- good times!
I got to see some Jesuit ruins in the south of the country later on that week as well.
Then, it was off to Bolivia, where I am now, just chilling in Santa Cruz. It's very different here to the steriotype of Bolivia (High altitude, barren climate, peeps in traditional gears drinking coca tea riding llamas etc...) It's tropical with a bit of a different mix of people and vibe.
I would tell you about the bus trip, but you guys must be sick of that by now- but this last one was kinda rugged coz the majority was off road, with the windows wide open in an old bus rattling around... But it was kinda fun though- even though I was kinda annoyed at the guys who sold me my tickets, who told me it had air conditioning and everything- next time I'm in Paraguay i'm gonna find those guys and..... anyways, you get the picture, and... ooops I actually told you about the bus trip, my bad
That's about it for now, i'll try update this sooner rather than later, so I can write up some more stories etc. instead of just give details----- I'm sure i've bored you all to tears
take care,
Nathan
posted by Nathan Sinclair @ 6:59 PM
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