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  • Capitão Leônidas Marques to Cascavel

    We had very nice breakfast with fresh fruit and scrambled eggs, cereal and lots of cakes. We tried to leave before the rain started but by the time we had all our gear on including the wet weather gear and… Continue reading

    Capitão Leônidas Marques to Cascavel
  • Frederico Westphalen to Capitão Leônidas Marques

    After an ok breakfast, we wanted to leave early as we had another big day of riding ahead. When I put my boots on, I noticed that they were covered in 10000s of tiny little ants – I stomped my… Continue reading

    Frederico Westphalen to Capitão Leônidas Marques
  • Santa Maria to Frederico Westphalen

    In the morning we had to pick up the intercom and order our breakfast which was delivered 20 minutes later through the delivery box on the wall. Breakfast was nice with fresh orange juice, coffee and croissants. The bad news… Continue reading

    Santa Maria to Frederico Westphalen
  • Sant’ Ana do Livramento to Santa Maria

    I woke up at 3:30 am and had a shower and felt better – like the fever had broken 👍😉 and my nose had finally stopped running 👍. After breakfast, I filled in all the required details in the hotel… Continue reading

    Sant’ Ana do Livramento to Santa Maria
  • Tacuarembó to Sant’ Ana do Livramento, Brazil

    I woke up still very sick and running a fever. We had planned to ride East and cross into Argentina because Andrew had not yet received his tourist visa to enter Brazil, but when he checked his email in the… Continue reading

    Tacuarembó to Sant’ Ana do Livramento, Brazil
  • San Gregorio de Polanco to Tacuarembó

    After a cold and very windy night with gusts reaching 60km/hr and temperature dropping to 0 degrees, we woke up and delayed getting out of the warm sleeping bag. We had to shelter in the picnic areas to light the… Continue reading

    San Gregorio de Polanco to Tacuarembó
  • Paso de los Toros to San Gregorio de Polanco

    We made breakfast in the room and I finally managed a long overdue video chat with my son and his wife – young people are so busy and hard to get a hold of 😂 and then had to rush… Continue reading

    Paso de los Toros to San Gregorio de Polanco
  • Montevideo to Paso de los Toros

    After a frustrating night of internet issues, getting locked out of the visa application several times and only having had 2 hours of sleep, we finally managed to complete and pay for Andrew’s visa application. We had breakfast and I… Continue reading

    Montevideo to Paso de los Toros
  • Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay via ferry

    We had another great breakfast and still struggled with the wifi being ridiculously slow and the internet dropping out – very frustrating. We checked out at 11:00am and were told that breakfast was not included and I had to pay… Continue reading

    Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay via ferry
  • La Plata to Buenos Aires

    We had breakfast on the roof top terrace and the cathedral and plaza looked even more impressive in daylight. We went to the front desk to confirm that we could have a late checkout at noon but it was a… Continue reading

    La Plata to Buenos Aires