Let's get the Trip started...

Our adventure has already begun. Yesterday we came back from Granada in south of Spain which was the small opening of the 'big trip'. Apart from wonderful monuments from the Arab period, Granada has also hippy atmosphere and a real tapas tradition (you get a small dish for free with every beer or wine you order).

Graffiti in Realejo - bohemian neighbourhood of Granada

Alhambra palace in Granada

Arabesques in Alhambra  

Tomorrow we're flying from Barcelona to Rome. The backpacks are ready (almost of course). We just need to buy few small things, such as comfortable shoes (it's not a joke!!).

We're full of optimism and ready for adventures. The only thing that worries us is the general strike in Spain which is scheduled for 29th of March - the day of our flight to Brazil. The airlines will give some more information about cancellations tomorrow. Let's hope that in the worst case we'll be a bit late...
Fighting Austerity: Spanish Unions Call for General Strike

In three months we want to visit  7 countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.

We're starting in Aracaju, located on the eastern coast of Brazil. We'll stay there only for 2-3 days and then go to Natal where Jordi's friend lives. On 7th of April we're flying from there to Manaus in centre of Brazil. It's considered as the best gateway to jungle trips and our plan is to take from there a boat to Leticia (border city between Brazil, Colombia and Peru). It will be a six-day trip through 'mighty Amazon' and although there is a cabin option, we'll probably choose a second one - sleeping in  hammocks:) In Leticia we'll celebrate Jordi's birthday (don't forget to send him wishes on 20th of April) and we have our flight to Cali in Colombia on 22.04. That's pretty all we have planned. We're hoping to meet Karo's friend in Bolivia in the middle of May.

We'll try to write here something at least twice per month (or one post per country) as we're not sure about Internet access in places we go to (probably there will be no post from the riverboat;)