en route.

After leaving a hustled and stuffy Buenos Aires a little over a week ago, I have safely made it back to the tropics. Bem-vindo a la Bahiaaaaa! The journey north was unrushed and nicely spread out, allowing for some good doses of breathing time in between the three separate 20-25 hour bus hauls (really not so bad I swear!) I spent a day in awe of the falls at Iguazu, peddled & bronzed my way around Rio, and a few days ago landed myself back in the mellow beach town of Itacare...

I had heard mixed reviews on Iguazu Falls, so I was eager to encounter her waters first hand. And I must say, they were crazy beautiful.

In Rio, I stayed with Gabriela (fellow couchsurfer) at her apartment in the neighborhood of Botafogo. Spent a relaxed four days making smoothies, peddling around the city, and playing storytime with my loverly host.

Here in Itacare I am staying with couchsurfer Felipe ("Felipsters"), sleeping under a mosquito net on his dreamy little plot of land- a few of the trees to be found: banana, jackfruit, cashew, coconut, mango & avocado! Consuming loads of acai and coconut, hitching to new stretches of sand, and loving being in my swimsuit and knarled beach hair from sun up to sun down.

It really feels good to be back in Brazil. And I must say, it's nice to be back in the land of the tight, the short, and the barely there...my spandex are no longer the source of strange looks and sooo not fitting in. Hallelujah! :)