As referenced in a previous post, a reflection on “How we each react when we are lost in Brazil with no visa in our passport and no local money”! First, to set the scene. How confidently we had set off from Puerto Iguazu! Armed with our Lonely Planet on our smartphone, we had a plan…
Month: March 2012
Mendoza
We arrived in Mendoza on a Sunday morning and found that Sundays here mean the whole town is extremely quiet. We couldn’t even find an open supermarket (despite Reuben determinedly searching for 40 minutes) and so wound up going out for dinner. The town was transformed the next morning when the sleepy, quiet streets burst…
Iguazu Falls
We arrived at Puerto Iguazu in North Eastern Argentina on Monday after an 18 hour bus ride. The buses here are surprising comfortable, and even brought us tasty empanadas as a snack. We managed to get a fair amount of sleep, and spent Monday finding our hostel, having a swim and getting used to the…
Reflections after 7 weeks of travel
After a month travelling the South Island and two weeks travelling overseas in Dubai and Argentina, as well as some time in between, we wanted to reflect on what we have been learning. We have had some ups and downs, and some funny moments in between. Here’s the stand outs for the last few weeks:…
Meet the Cow
Meet Cow. For those of you who have stayed with us at our home in Auckland, you may have met Cow already, as he usually lives in our spare room. We thought it would be fun to bring Cow on our world trip so that he too could expand his horizons. Here he is pre-trip,…
La ciudad de Buenos Aires
On Thursday morning we headed to Recoleta cemetery, a famous cemetery where Eva Peron (who the musical Evita was about) is buried. We joined a free English tour which was fascinating. The cemetery is nothing like a cemetery in New Zealand – it’s more of a collection of mausoleums owned by a family, with each…
Los estúpidos
¡Hola amigos! We have had our first few days in Buenos Aires. We arrived on Sunday night and experienced the slowest airport either of us had ever been to- it took us over two hours from leaving the plane to exiting customs. We loved the response of the crowds waiting though – apparently here you…
New Dubai
As the metro doesn’t run until 1pm on Fridays, we caught two buses to Umm Suqein Beach, where we swam in the warm waters next to the Burj Al Arab (a famous hotel in Dubai). We then walked down to Madinat Jumeirah, a collection of shops, hotels and restaurants that have been built in the…
Old Dubai
The flight from Auckland to Dubai took about 20 hours, which meant we were able to get some sleep and also enjoy the great movies selection, food and service. Having last flown on budget airlines we were amazed to discover free toothbrushes, blankets, eye masks, drinks etc. It won’t stop us travelling on budget airlines…
Meandering Kiwis 