Around The World: Chui Uruguay to Florianopolis Brazil

So we took a local bus out of Punta del Diablo to a border town called Chuy or Chui depending on which side of the border you are on. We crossed the border after only about 1 hour and had to wait 15 hours to catch a bus from Chuy to Florianopolis.
The bus was scheduled (not very reliable) to arrive at 1:30 in the morning and it decided to show up at 2:30 in the morning. We arrived in Florianopolis at 630 pm or so.
We navigated our way with local buses and some Spanish which was of course MINIMAL as far as helping us speak or understand Portuguese! we managed?

We are here now. It is amazing. Florianopolis is south of Sao Paulo. Its an island and it has SO many beaches. There are 42 beaches, many mountains, lakes, moorlands, dunes and small islands. We took day trips to visit multiple beaches in one day by a rented van and 15 people. The rented van first took us to Amaçao, then we went to Arante which is famous for people all over the world stopping there and writing a note or drawing a picture on a small piece of paper and taping it to the ceiling ot wall, after this stop we went to Naufragados beach which included a 45 minute hike there and back out. The water here was the most calm because of the geographical location of this beach. From the water you could see forest trees surrounding us and a lighthouse on the other end. The only downfall was being stung by a jellyfish in these waters. But, its not a bad sting just feels like a huge mosquito bite.

The next day we took a day trip walking 1 hour to Mole´ Beach which was beautiful.

Yesterday, we took 2 buses to a trail and hiked 1.5 hours up and down rock and beautiful tree filled trails with creeks and waterways surrounding us and ended at Lagoinha do Leste, which was incredible and of course secluded because its only entrance is after a not-so-easy hike. Well worth it!