Rio Baby!!!

We arrived in Rio early Friday afternoon just in time to kick off Carnaval with a block party in Lapa. It was insanely crowded and public urination appeared to be the norm. Eww. There was no live music but we had fun meeting people from the various Drago trucks. We had a late night and had to be up bright and early to see the Christ the Redeemer. You know the one on the hill that you always see in pictures of Rio. After that we went to a soccer game at the Maracana stadium and roasted in the sun (with non-alcoholic beer, damn). We went out to dinner and called it an early night to save up for the Sambadrome the next night.

Sunday morning we headed down to Copacabana beach, where there were so many people you could barely see the sand. After about 20 min. trying to get down to the water we turned back to hang out on a bench in the shade. With some beer. We headed back to the hotel to get ready for the parade at the Sambadrome. The parade started at 10pm and ended about 7am. With 6 samba schools in the parade. Definitely the most elaborate parade we´ve ever seen. And the crowd was going crazy for 9 hrs straight. We were exhausted and got back to the hotel just in time for breakfast.

After a little bit of sleep we went on a tour of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Also very crowded. There were gorgeous views of the city but we left early to go take a much needed nap. Later we went to a smaller block party near the hotel and went to bed relatively early.

We spent Tuesday morning trying to find costumes for the Gay Ball. However, because it was Carnaval most places were closed, but luckily we found one lady at a stand that had some fun feather head dresses. After chilling a the beach we returned to the hotel for the boat cruise with all the Drago people. The evening boat cruise had nice views and fun dancing. After that we went to dinner and got ready for the Gay Ball!

So we arrived at the Gay Ball and walked down the red carpet which was teeming with travestites and media! How fun. Once inside we saw some very scantily clad men-women. Wow! And 6´7¨ black man with boobs, who could shake it. We spent the night dancing, sweating profusely, and watching the spectacle. We all got separated and when we found each other at 4am we decided to call it a night.

The next morning we moved to a hostel in Copacabana and said our goodbyes to our fellow Drago travelers. Since then we´ve been chilling at the beach. And right now we need to go catch our taxi to the airport. buh bye, farewell, thank you for reading. You know you love us XOXO

C & H

YAY!!! Parati

We arrived in Parati a full day and a half before the others and decided to stay in a hostel for the rest of trip. The campsite was hot and muggy and full of bogs and bugs. Ew. And Callie accidently stole a love interest of some stupid girl on our truck, she was severely unhappy about it and it caused drama, so we didnt feel too bad about our fabulous room with aircon and a private bathroom. Oh and I forgot to mention, a pool. :)

Parati was a wonderful colonial town that was the perfect fix for the badness that was culminating on the truck. The first day we took a boat out to all the small island beaches in the bay and swam around and acted like retards. It was super fun. Heidi bought a floatly toy and we floated around, drank beer, and jumped off our boat. Couldnt have been a more perfect day.

We spent the next day recovering and explored the town. The following day we went diving around some of the islands in the bay and Heidi took some really cool underwater pictures. We also found this really weird Jesus statue underwater and took pictures with it, how strange. Not the best diving in the world but it was definatly worth it. Then we had a BBQ, hung out with some people from the other trucks and just chilled. Then we were off to Rio and just in time for Carnival!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Foz do Içuasu (Brazillian Side)

So after a few days on the Argentinian side of the falls we said goodbye Argentina, HELLO Brazil!!! We spent a few more days at a really nice hostel/campsite with a pool and fun bar. We of course, went back to the falls to visit them from the Brazillian side and I think we actually liked them more from this side than the other. Just a different perspective on them I guess. We also took a helicopter ride over the fall to check out the bird`s eye view, it was a short ride, but absolutly stunning. The river just sinks into this giant hole in the ground, it really is incredible.

The rest of our time was spent BBQing with some of the other trucks that were there, visiting Foz and chasing boys. Oh and of course, drinking Caipirinias by the pool. I know, rough life. Just remember, we did have to sleep in a tent and it was very, very hot ;)

This is were Heidi and I ditched out on our truck and took the overnight bus to Parati to avoid 3 days bush camping and making it to the beach a day and a half early. Oh how happy we were to be at the beach...

Iguazu Falls

Iguazu Falls (Argentinian side)

Our first swimming pool for soooo long, felt like we were actually on vacation, yet the weather was Pants, I can say this because some random English block is writing this for us, what a nutter.

Iguazu Falls is absolutly amazing and we could have spent many days there, however the weather was crap the first day and we spent the day completly soaked and we froze our asses off. We took a boat ride actually into the falls and got power washed by them. It was some of the most fun we have ever had!!! But damn, it was cold.

We also visited a bird park that was super cool and saw lots of colorful parrots.

To be continued...

Carlos Peligrini

Carlos Peligrini National Park is a swampland area with lots of colorful birds, caimen (small alligators), capybaras (giant guinea pigs) and weird swamp deer. Why are there deer in the middle of the swamp?

We spent several nights at a really nice campsite drinking too much, taking boat rides to see the wildlife, visiting howler monkeys, and renting tandam bikes. The bike experience was interesting and we made asses of ourselves. We are pretty sure the locals think we are nuts. LOL.

Buenos Aires!!!!!!!!!!!!

Horrah, we are finally in civilization and man are we glad to be here. In fact we were so excited to arrive that we forgot to roll up our window. However, the lovely British lady on our truck kindly reminded us by screaming at the top of her lungs and calling us shit for brains! It was so ridiculous that we merely laughed at her and giggled all the way to our private room away from the others (thank god). What an asshole, Heidi was about to kick her ass.

We spent a few days in BA soaking up some sun and taking in the sights. We did a city tour, went to the really cool cemetary where Eva Peron is buried, went to a fabulous Tango show, some crazy bar and almost died in a taxi ride on the way home. Haha.

BA is crazy, no one starts their night till like 11pm, so we learned to sleep in. Although the bed bugs in our hotel made that a bit difficult. EW!!!

Valdes Peninsula

Spent a few nights in Valdes Peninsula visiting Penguin, Elephant and Sea Lion Colonies. This was a very cute town on the coast of northwestern Patagonia. We even got to see a local folk band that weekend and spent some time evading our lovely group. The beach seemed nice, but it was a bit cold and windy. Oh, we also visited a Welsh tea house and ate so many cakes we thought we`d be ill. Fortunatly we went with a girl who is welsh and she tought us how to drink tea and eat too much. Haha we also experienced tea cozies for the first time. How silly, they dress their tea pots. LOL.