The Big Trip

We decided to pass through Northern Argentina on our way from Bolivia to Puerto Iguazu. We stayed a little longer than planned in Salta mainly because of the massive steaks and cheap red wine. Excellent!

A few points we learnt about Argentina very early on; order a steak and you get half a cow, you can get very drunk on nice red wine that is dirt cheap, live like the locals and don´t even think about going out to eat before 10pm. I think I like this place!

We tore ourselves away from Salta and took our first 24hr bus trip (we´ve had a lot more since!) over to Puerto Iguazu in order to see the Iguazu waterfalls. We saw it from both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides - the first one more impressive I think.

View from Brazil

Next stop, Rio! Turned out to be a wise decision as we didn´t plan on visiting here originally - exactly how we expected it be to, lovely beaches, friendly locals and lethal cocktails at the hostel bar.

Out first outing was to a football match to watch Fluminense play at the massive Maracanã stadium. The guy organising the tour was a huge fan himself so we ended up in the terraces with the local nutjobs ... lots of flares and flags and a 2-0 victory for Fluminense. Ole! Brilliant atmosphere - looking forward to seeing another match in Buenos Aires if we can.

View of Sugar Loaf

Had to get a photo of the Copacabana!

The Big Man at sunset

We made a few more stops down the Brazilian coast to soak up the sun and lounge about for a bit longer on the beaches before hitting Buenos Aires - and more steak.