Well, that’s an interesting name for a hotel, Hotel Bender, but not a bar in sight. ..:) Priding ourselves for being on the road at 9.15am this morning, turned out to be a nightmare, as 25min later, looking for a drink from my water bottle, realised it, Jen’s bottle and…
Having set the alarm for 6am and hoping it would go off, but waking at 5.58am, anyway. Yes, it did go off. Our backpacks had been packed last night, with a change of clothes, towels, insect repellent, water, and cameras. As Jen mentioned in yesterday’s writing, we are going to…
One of many advantages of staying in hotels, is that we can get on the road earlier in the day. It was by 8.15am today. Unfortunately, it also means missing out on our daily intake of porridge oats as accommodation here in Brasil, includes breakfast. Mostly, those breakfsts are good,…
I think I can uncomfortably say, that was the most difficult night we have experienced – period! It was 32deg C and 82% humidity when we went to bed last night. By 5am it was 27degC and still 80% humidity. Neither of us slept much at all. The weather forecast…
For us, a marathon effort on the road, today. Everything aligned for us. Being in a hotel, and having a good night’s sleep, meant we were on the road by 8.30am and with little habitation along the way, made for largely uninterrupted travel. Uninterrupted, that is apart from speed cameras…
A nice camp site but for an idiot driving around at who knows what hour, without a muffler. The challenge again, find tires. Raphael did his best to get some answers but with him communicating with others, who have no idea of urgency. An answer came back , we might…
A brilliant campsite last night. By the time we climbed into bed it was 29.8 degC and cooling slowly. The noise had abated from across the lake and there was no movement within the camp. This morning dawned fine again and after using the immaculately presented facilities, we were on…
Dilemma. As Jen reported in yesterday’s blog, we have a problem! Some of the night was spent thinking of a plan to overcome it. The main issues are, it’s the weekend and most businesses close down for the weekend, as they should. Where can we source new brake pads? When…
We pulled out of the car park at 9am this morning after a rather fitful sleep. The owner of the hotel, or one of his workers, must have decided to carry on renovations in one of the rooms close to us, at 2.30am. He quickly stopped when I shouted my…
What can I say about Rio! First, getting here, was out of this world. The coastline from Paraty, magnificent. When we could see over or through the roadside vegetation, I could see, in my minds eye, a freebooting, English or French pirate ship, lurking behind one of the islands, ready…