So I´ve finally made it to the last stop of my mammoth 68 day South America tour - the world famous Rio de Janeiro! Hard to believe I´m actually here after 2 months talking about it with my group. For everyone its a real highlight of the tour and for some people their last stop before home. We were all desperately hoping for good weather and so relieved when we got up on Friday in Ilha Grande to finally see sunshine again. That made the boat trip back to the ma...

Good evening from the paradise beach island of Ilha Grande, which is just down the coast from the world famous Rio de Janeiro (about 3 hours by bus and ferry). The island is about 6 or 7 miles off the coast, and is relatively undeveloped. There is just the one town, Abraao, which is home to just 3,000 permenant residents, and the rest of the island, which is 120 miles square, is home to lush rainforest and rocky outcrops stretching up to 1,021m (3,349ft). There a...

Hello from the Costa Verde (green coast) on the Atlantic coastline of Brazil. I am in the quaint colonial town of Paraty at the moment, which is somewhat reminiscent of Colonia in Uruguay only not as nice. Being the green coast they unsurprisingly get a lot of rain here, and that was what we arrived to last night. Fortunately however today has been dry, albeit cloudy, which makes what would be one of the world´s most beautiful coastlines look that bit grimmer. ...

Bom dia from Brazil - the final country of my South American trip and one of the country's I was most looking forward to all trip. We arrived early wednesday morning after a luxury night bus through Argentina (we were mistakenly upgraded so each got wider, comfier seats). The city of Foz do Iguacu is just over the border in Brazil, so we took a private transfer for the last leg of the journey, crossing over the Iguassu river which forms a natural border between t...