Category: South America

Laura: The bus journey from Buenos Aires took about 23 hours and showed four absolutely awful rom coms (why is that blonde from Greys Anatomy always in them)!! The bus was adequate but not as comfortable as the ‘cama’ bus we took last time. We couldn’t afford that one this time around but even still, this bus cost us £75!! We got to the bus terminal and found a very helpful young man who spoke great English. He informed us that you can get a bus from Bariloche to El Calafate directly (we were worried that this would be impossible) Continue Reading →

Ahmad: We got onto the bus and were astounded by how comfortable it was. The seats were huge and as promised went almost all the way back. We were given a soft drink just after boarding followed by a snack (consisting of the best biscuits known to man – Alfa Jores, these are generally a chocolate or cream layer sandwiched between two soft biscuits and are hugely popular in Argentina). Around 10PM on our journey we were woken by the stewardess for our evening meal (argentinian time) which was something like a meal on a plane. After eating we went Continue Reading →

  Ahmad: We had booked the most basic bus from Sao Paulo to the Iguazu falls, so we were expecting something of an African chicken bus, we got the bus station and the bus was actually really comfortable. One thing about overland travel in South America (so far at least) is that whilst it’s relatively expensive it’s also pretty comfortable (so long as you don’t forget your sleeping bag – the air conditioning on the bus was on full blast all night, it was actually warmer outside so I froze all night)