After our long tour of yesterday, we wanted to have a more leisurely day today. We had decided we would go to the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River. Not rushing and having a leisurely breakfast, we would then drive ourselves to the dam and take a tour once there.…
Another early start. Up at 6am for a 7am pick up from the hotel. We are going to spend most of the day visiting “The Falls”. On queue the van arrives and we are two of thirteen, but a family of five Paraguayans, three children and two adults were eventually…
Hotel Bender Hotel Bender was run by a lovely older couple. As well as being a hotel, they ran a small mini type market next to the reception area. During breakfast we decided we should see what the had to offer. Dennis persuaded the wife to make us up a…
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…
Yesterday’s Tour Today I have sore calf muscles. I’m not fit, as have been spending too much time sitting in Poki. Climbing the 880 steep steps back up from the valley floor has taken its toll. Throughout the tour there were plenty of other steps into and out of the…
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…
This morning’s hotel breakfast was identical to Dennis’s description in yesterday’s blog. Except for the first time there was hot water and tea bags. Everywhere else it has been coffee only. The car park was full of large puddles so we presumed it must have rained again overnight. However, we…
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,…
Coffee It was quite a substantial breakfast at Hotel Turis this morning. The best coffee I have had so far in Brazil, too. I am surprised by coffee in Brazil. Brazil produces around a third of the world’s coffee and is by far the world’s largest producer. However, getting a…
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…