Rio-what a place! The city and the people are very full on. We visited a Favella on the first day-ever seen City of God and you~ll get an idea of what it is like. Although there is a lot of poverty and drugs-the people are very nice and trying to get on in life-whether that means through education, selling pictures or selling drugs. After the city tour we went to the Maracana Stadium-the largest football stadium in the world (i think) to see two local teams pla...

Iguasu Falls-the biggest in the world. Absolutely amazing sight. We had two days visiting the park-which wasn´t enough really. On the first day we visited the Brazilian side, and the second the Argentinian. Had a helicopter ride over the falls(see pics, as they are amazing)....what fun-better than any rollercoaster in the world. On the Argentinian side we got a speed boat that took us down the river as far as Devils Throat and then dunked us under one of the...

Illhe Grande-beaches, beaches and more beaches. A little Island off Rio with supposedly the most beacutigful beach in Brazil-when I get the video up on this thingy you will probably agree with me. Nothing much else to do here apart from a bit of diving. Next beach place was called Paraty-another town built with a lot of chruches by slaves shipped over from Africa by the Portuguese. A pretty place, in which to do a bit more diving...Also watched some Capeira-an A...

Savador-the old capital city of Brazil. Famous for food and Afro-Brazilian dancing and music. The city itself is divided into two parts-the new and old. We are staying in the historic centre. It is very colourful, some of the buildings are falling down due to lack of repair-but it adds character to the place. Last night we went to a world famous Afro-Brazilian Folk Law dance show. The group did slave dances, capeiora and knife fighting-in these amazing costumes...

Buses, buses and more buses-seem to spend forever travelling-which isn~t such a bad thing when you get to places like this. Natal-another surfers paradise...which is not my cup of tea-I almost drowned trying to get out of the surf-got half the beach stuck up my arse, and swallowed half the Atlantic Ocean-yuck! This town does have some good points-it being the foro capital of the country...foro being a ~dance for all~ which involves lots of drinking, drums and gr...