by Jonathan Evans | Apr 11, 2009 | Brasil, South America
So, here I am, reporting live and direct from Rio de Janeiro. Done most of the touristy stuff so far, been up Sugarloaf at sunset which was beautiful, went up to see Jesus on a clear day which was beautiful, walked up and down Copacabana beach which was busy....
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 26, 2009 | Brasil, South America
Ok, so I’m a geography nerd. That’s not news to anyone. I’ve spent more time on buses in Brasil so far than actually in Brasil if you see what I mean and the only reading material I have is my Lonely Planet Brazil. So there I was flicking through the...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 25, 2009 | Brasil, South America
Bit disappointed in Brasil so far. I’ve been here 2 days and haven’t: seen a half-naked indian kill an anaconda with a blowpipe been to a beach drunk a caiphirinha out of a coconut shell been robbed at gunpoint
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 20, 2009 | Argentina, South America
The times in this might seem a bit weird, I wrote all this at different times, some of it on the bus, some it afterwards so it’s a bit jumbled, so you’ll have to bear with me… After a couple of weeks travelling round the Lake District, I decided it...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 3, 2009 | Argentina, South America
Things I’ve lost here iPod (sniff) Oakley ski hat El Chalten fleecy hat (bought to replace above item) all sense of time and what day it is 3 shower gels a right glove a shoe Things I’ve found here 300 pesos in my jeans (was mine but I’d forgotten...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 1, 2009 | Argentina, South America
I’d been umming and ahhing about going to Ushuaia. Having spoken to people who’d been there, the impression I’d got was that pretty much the only reason to go there was to say you’d been there. It makes a pretty big deal of being the...