A Travel Story by Belinda and Patrick Peck
Pat and Belinda in the Amazon River, going fishing for Piranha to eat for dinner.
After leaving the beaches in Peru we havent seen a beach for a couple of months!! Mountains and rainforests are nice, but Brazillian beaches... Mumma mia...
Today we did our favourite activity...drive along the Coastal Esplanades checking out the beaches and the houses- we cant help ourselves!! We were like Forest Gump...when we were hungry... we ate, when we were tired... we slept!!
By far the best place we have stayed in- Playa Punta Sal in Northern Peru.
Pat probably the most scared he has been in his life crossing a makeshift bridge with no sides, a 20m drop and no run up or road to follow afterwards. This is the closed road to Banos in Equador- we dont recommend it to anyone!!
We decided not to head north to Sao Paulo and Rio De Janiero as they are both huge cities with lots of security problems, plus it rained there the whole time we were in Brasil. We really want to see Rio, but will travel the north of Brasil another time!!
Travelling in the southern part of Brazil is all about beaches, which is fine by us!! We stayed with another freeloaders family- Ricardo and Michelle in Porto Alegre and had a blast!! It was great being part of a family again as they have two children- Lucas 3 years old and Rafael at 11 months old.
We spent one wonderful week in Uruguay and pretty much had the place to ourselves. The reasons for this is that we are here just before the summer season and Uruguay used to be cheaper than Argentina, but now is more expensive, so the´what were rich Argentinians´ are no longer coming to Uruguay. Its amazing how far reaching the economy on one country can impact those countries nearby. We basically followed the coast from one side of the country to the other. At Punta Del Este, Uruguays premier beach resort we had images of crowded beaches like the Gold Coast in Australia.
The amazing home of Uruguayan artist- Carlos Paez Villaro in the coastal town of Punta Ballena- so grand he turned it into a time share hotel!!
Now THAT is a BBQ!! We had a huge feed at Mercado del Puerto in Montevideo- they served us guts and all!!
Pat with a thumb up his bum!! Punta Del Este- Uruguays premier resort.
We had a picnic on the beach in Brasil after riding about 100km on the beach!! Wild thing!!
We are fully loaded and ready to roll onto the next town, once we have put our helmets on of course, Mum and Mom!!
Remember, we want to sell the bike in March 2003, if interested and wanting more details, go direct to: www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000213.html
Belinda playing with the kids in the street in Solar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Note the warm gear as it was FREEZING!! Also, notice the girl in the front asking for money for the photo!!
Guess who is that crazy woman standing underneath the largest waterfall in the world? Iguazu Falls are on the border of Brasil, Argentina and Paraguay.
Unloading the bike after an overnight train ride to the Argentinian border. Look how many people it took!!
Us with prominent Uruguayan atrist- Carlos Paez Villaro, in his house/gallery in front of his famous painting of Buenos Aires. Pat and Carlos had a great laugh as their 2 loves in life are the same: travel and women!!
