We are not actually at Machu Pichu yet but there are no more pictures to put up! We are recovering from altitude sickness from La Paz, no one warns you how bad it is going to be! Our fault for travelling straight there on the bus to the dizzying hights of 4,500 metres high! It certainly felt like it too, extremely cold we had to buy new hats and jumpers, the beds were warm but the showers not so much! Our first night we stumbled across a hip hop show in the centr...

After all that excitement of the Pantanal, we headed back out to a proper road again, got a bus to Corumba near the Brazil/Bolivia border, and spoiled ourselves with a three star hotel...hot showers and all! After a good nights sleep, on a proper bed, we were supposed to be getting the train to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, but the guys we booked with never showed up. So after some running around we decided to make a dash for the border, El and I had trou...

We travelled up the "WEST SYDE" of Brazil to Campo Grande, where we were mobbed by people trying to sell us tours, ended up with ecological expeditions, who were really good. We arrived in Campo Grande, after an 18 hr bus ride, at 930am by 1130 am we were in another bus, for a four hour trip into the pantanal. After transferring to a army style 4wd truck which took us another 3 1/2hrs along the bumpiest dustiest roads i've ever seen, we arrived at ...

Hey up I'll start from the top...WE left Salvador for a beautiful island called Morro do Sao Paulo, where i proceeded to get burnt to a crisp on my first day...cheers dad...we just spent our time lazing on the beach (me under the trees) and doing not a lot. Then we went back to Salvador, stayed in a different hostel which was much nicer than last time, and much better people. After which it was off to Foz Do Igauzu. WE had to stay in a really posh ...

Right then, it's time we got back on track and started following that itinery again. We have spent out on some flights to iguassu falls, so we're making the hop all the way across Brazil to the west, and the argentine/Paraguay border. Just heard that the rainfall has been rubbish in the north, but it shouldn't affect the falls because the rainfall in the south is heavier than it has been for years. So next time we are in contact we will have seen one of the last ...