Backpack packed and I'm ready to get on the move again but this time to a place that can really be justified as paradise. Fernando de Noronha or what I like to refer to it as "The Isle of Fernandos" is an hour's flight from Natal in an easterly direction so really is in the middle of the ocean and secluded. Only 700 people per day can visit the island, which is a national park, turtle sanctuary with staunchly protected marine life. The governm...

After another night bus journey, I arrived in Natal, well Ponta Negra in the south of Natal to be exact early in the morning at around 7am. I read in the Lonely Planet (my travelling bible), that most backpackers stay in this area as Natal itself is more of a city central location and the best beaches are south of Natal. Ponta Negra itself was quite a hilly place with plenty of pousada's to choose from. There were the ones right on the beach front, to the ch...

I'm starting to get used to these bus journeys, in fact I get a better night's sleep on a bus than the dorms. Buses from what I have experienced so far are very reliable and comfortable although you pay for the comfort as the prices are relatively high. As I've been staying in dorms throughout my time here so far, it was nice to check-in to a pousada for one night (which is like a guesthouse but certainly cannot be classed as...

After a short 2 hour 'Avianca' flight I arrive in Salvador from Rio de Janeiro...well a short flight in Brazilian terms. The other option would have been a 26 hour bus journey, no choice really and with a short timeframe to do so much I think I'll end up flying a few more times before this journey is over. Especially as I'm going to try to fit in a week chilling on the beaches of Costa Rica and flying back via New York...Drummond & Dalia, if you are readi...

I have arrived, here in Rio de Janeiro where the locals say that God created the world in six days, the seventh he dedicated to Rio de Janeiro. From what I have heard from friends and other bloggers is that Rio is one of the most amazing places - so the bar was set very high with my expectations, will the coming days meet or exceed those expectations I wonder. I arrived at the airport very early in the morning at about 6am, so naturally after all the horror s...