by Sarah Jervis | Nov 16, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
The Cuiabá & Paraguay river is the next leg of our journey. Short and sweet. We’ll board a cattle barge & slowly motor downstream from Porto Jofre to Corumbá. A 40 hour cruise over 100+ km of snaking, water that will slowly take us back to civilization....
by Sarah Jervis | Nov 13, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
29 & 30 October. On the heels of yesterday’s high on the river, today was meant to be a quiet one — time to re-organize, do a bit of schoolwork, and catch up on admin. I don’t think I mentioned my little Apple fumble? A couple of months back when I ordered an...
by Sarah Jervis | Nov 13, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
28 October. By 7 a.m. we’re up, fed, and loaded into the boat, ready for a full day in search of jaguars. The river is perfectly calm; the cool morning air is delicious, skimming over the milky brown water we ask ourselves again in sheer amazement “Where are...
by Sarah Jervis | Nov 7, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
THE Transpantenaria 26 October – 2 November. After weeks of tackling Brazil’s rough backroads, we thought we’d take on one more. The Transpantaneira, different and unique in its own way. This drive was also on our bucket list, a region we’d been looking...
by Sarah Jervis | Nov 2, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
Leaving Brasilia Leaving Brasília’s cooler climate, we soon found ourselves travelling through changing terrain once more. The endless flatlands of croplands gave way to rolling green hills and farmlands. Big machinery groomed the earth into perfect rows of cotton,...
by Sarah Jervis | Oct 30, 2025 | Our Journey, South America
A City Born from a Dream Having had more than our fair share of dirt roads to last us a while, we headed to Brasília for a little cultural immersion — and a trip to the dentist. It felt strange rolling into a city so clean and composed after weeks of red dust and...
