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 …
24th September – 25th September 2017 Once we had finished packing up, we left the campsite in Cafayate just after 7.15 and drove towards the Quilmes ruins. We arrived at the ruins within about an hour and had half an hour to look around on our own. The Quilmes tribe were an Indian tribe who …
22nd September – 24th September 2017 After we left Cabra Corral, we had another short drive ahead of us. The roads were long and windy though so I felt quite sick and Lars did not take it easy so that didn’t help. Along the way to Cafayate, we stopped at some rock formations; it was …
21st September – 22nd September 2017 Despite the fact we were meant to be leaving at 10, Lars came knocking on our door at 9.50 to tell us that everyone else was already on the truck, so asked us to join them. It made me feel guilty, as though I was late, but I wasn’t …