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March 16th, 2012 | Argentina

Two Day Ride to Salta…

Before I left Asuncion, I studied the area I was going to be riding through to get to Salta in Argentina… The reason for going back there was to avoid riding through Paraguay to Bolivia, because I had no knowledge of the conditions that I would have to ride in to get there from Asuncion…

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March 13th, 2012 | Paraguay

I Won’t be Sending Postcards…

After a brief thunderstorm, which left the streets running with grimy water mixed with litter, I took a walk to get some air… The air I smelt made me long for my air-conditioned hotel room after just a few blocks…

I covered a grid of six city blocks around my hotel, to see if there […]

March 12th, 2012 | Brazil

Paraguay…!!

We were beset with bad luck for a good part of the day today…!!

The night before, I had a runny nose, and hoped that it was just a sinus thing… My hopes were dashed the following morning…!! I woke up with a bad case of flu, feeling as if I had been run over […]

March 11th, 2012 | Argentina

Iguazu Falls from Argentina…

We crossed the bridge over the Iguazu River at 9.00am this morning, and headed into Argentina… We had taken all our strapped on gear off the bikes to minimize temptation for the long-fingered individuals who frequent parking grounds…

The Igiazu Parks emblem features the thousands of swallows that nest on the cliffs around […]

March 10th, 2012 | Brazil

Itaipu and Iguazu…

With planned for two days to see the sights in and around Foz do Iguazu, the town on the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay…

We decided to visit the Itaipu Dam in the morning of our first day, and then see the Brazilian side of the falls on that same afternoon, and maybe, squeeze […]

March 9th, 2012 | Brazil

To Foz do Iguazu…

Having broken the back of our ride to Iguazu in the first two days after leaving Rio de Janeiro, we had an easy run into the town that has grown up around the falls, and is the gateway to Argentina and Paraguay as well…

We set out from Campo Mourao with what for […]