Hey everyone once again we've moved on and we've been to Salvador, which was ok, and we're now in Morro Do Sao Paulo, which is an island off Salvador. Salvador was a strange place, amazing churches and quite a vibrant feel about it, but i've never been as pissed off with poor people in my life! i know that they have to get by somehow but the begging and pestering was relentless, even when wegot some food for a kid he was saying it wasn't enough! It started t...

Thought it was about time I wrote something, surprisingly enough I am waiting for the boys to finish showering and getting their glad rags on! Yesterday we arrived in Iticara, 10 hours bus from Arrial D\'ajuda , what a long journey it was too! The place is not unlike the one we just left but not half so touristy, more friendly and a real surf town. Of course we had to hire some boards today and make our way down to the beginners beach, were eventually the waves q...

Hey everyone I'm sorry we haven't put any photos up yet but the connection here is very slow and it keeps timing out! i will get them up as soon as i can find a broadband connection. much love and stay in touch Barker

Hey there guys time for an update. Well we've changed our plans already! We skipped Ouro Preto cos it was a hassle to get to, and we left rio because we had a few incidents that made us just wanna leave! The weather was awful in Rio and, so we decided to watch the football game,go out dancing and move on the next day. The football was amazing,even though the stadium was pretty much empty, but some of the group went into the main crowd to mingle with the Fl...

Well we're still here and gues what it only bloomin raining!!! not just a shower, it's torrential. It started last night and hasn't stopped all day today, but it hasn't stopped us hardened travellers! we went on a tours of the largest favela in all of latin america today. it was mad, houses built on top of each other and little windy paths inbetween the houses. it was really sad to see peple living in such squalour, but they were all really happy and welcoming. w...