Ok so this is about 2 weeks ago now... got to try and update this more often! We arrived in Foz (the city on the Brazilian side of the falls) and got the local bus into town. Another strange bus station that is fenced off, apart from the roads in and out, so you should walk through a gate and pay to get in. Means you can transfer onto another bus for free anyway! Foz exploded in size when the nearby Itaipu Dam was being built. The dam is extremely big... they s...

So after spending time in 2 cities we were headed for the beach... our home for the next 5 nights would be Posada do Atoba in the beach town of Santinho. The welcome & the weather could not have been better. Aline and her family made us at home from the start and helped immensely with recommendations for places to see and places to eat. Over the next few days we made friends with the guard dogs, 3 miniature poodles, who were real characters. Days were spe...

Arrived at Florianopolis airport - one runway and one baggage carousel - you get the idea. Tiny airport for a micro city. No accommodation booked, so we jumped in a taxi and went straight to one of the better hotels in town. After some discussion with reception we paid for one night with the intention of moving on quickly as it was a little pricey! Luckily our 7th floor room had a great view of the bridges leading to the island and a great view of the build-...

Well hello again. To bring you up to date quickly... Wednesday 6 Sept was our last full day in Rio. We spent it, as intended, on Ipanema beach. Jo of course insisted on using one of the sun umbrellas from the hotel. I didn't mind at all since the sun was pretty darn strong on our lily white skin! So we sat ourselves down and fought off the hundreds of beach sellers (drinks and food) for the next few hours until finally succumbing for a bottle of water and g...

Alex's turn today! Fio dental (dental floss skimpies!) Unfortunately, yesterday's proposed beach day in the native atire never happened... well, you know, one thing and another (trying to buy some 'fio dental' swimwear, eating, drinking and walking!) just got in the way of actually getting to the beach in the new gear! But fear not, we have some lovely outfits to try and 'fit in' with... a little number for Jo and a small outfit for Al (with go-faster stripes...