17th October – 22nd October 2017 Getting on the truck to leave Paraty, I was quite tired, but everyone decided to sit together to have a ‘party’ on the last truck ride. This obviously didn’t happen and we all were probably the most unsociable we have been: people either put their headphones in to listen …
14th October – 17th October 2017 After leaving the campsite in Brotas just before 6.30, I tried to get some sleep on the truck because I really didn’t get much during the night. I lay down and closed my eyes but I didn’t have much luck actually sleeping, unfortunately. At around 8, we stopped off …
12th October – 14th October 2017 Leaving the bush camp at 6.30, the temperature was a good one to start the day with, as it wasn’t too hot. We had a long drive to do though so we knew it would get hotter as the day went on. I managed to get some more sleep …
11th October – 12th October 2017 After leaving the Fazenda Aguapé Pantanal at 11.30, it took us just under two hours to get back over the very bumpy, 54 kilometre road that we drove in on. Once we got to the end of the road, we took a short drive back to the supermarket where …
9th – 11th October 2017 After leaving Bonito three minutes early, we had about three hours to drive to get to a town to collect the local guide who was staying with us during our time at the Pantanal. On the truck, it was another hot day, with temperatures in the late twenties by 8am, so …
6th October – 9th October 2017 Leaving at 5.30 has its advantages, as it means it’s still dark outside, so easy enough to fall back to sleep. This is what most of us did when we left Foz de Iguaçu. I slept the majority of the first part of the journey, until we had our …
3rd October – 6th October 2017 Once we had all got on the truck, which was beautifully decorated, we all gathered around the tables to sing happy birthday to Jack. We had got him a cake and put candles in it and all embarrassed him with our singing. After singing, Sabrina cut it up into …
2nd October – 3rd October 2017 We had a long drive ahead of us when we left Buenos Aires, as we were technically heading for Brazil, but as it was too far to go all in one day, we had a night’s stop over in Yapeyú, over 700km away. The alarm went off at 5 …
28th September – 2nd October 2017 Sharing a dorm with other people definitely has its disadvantages, such as alarms going off super early. However, when Katie’s went off at 4.15, I just rolled over and went back to sleep until mine went off at 4.30 – I know it doesn’t sound like much, but 15 …
25th September – 28th September 2017 After leaving the salt flats at 9, we didn’t have very far to drive for the day. We drove for 150km at first, until we stopped for a food shop in Jesus Maria. Just before we reached the town, we were pulled over by the police. They didn’t give …