Hi Everyone, I know we still need to catch up on the last few weeks of our trip but we thought we'd get you up to date on what we are doing now............ From the picture you can see that we are in Rio, it is not one of our pictures, thankfully the beach is not that crowded!! We have been here for 2 days and are off up the coast to find some sunshine before we come home. The weather has not been too great here, however the sun is shining today so we are...

Hello everybody,The next leg of our epic adventure is Peru. We flew into Lima and got a taxi to a district called Miraflores. This is the more respectable part of Lima which was apparent from the selection of fine restaurants viewed from our hostel window .... McDonalds, Burger King and K.F.C. We ventured to Central Lima and had a quick stroll around and then we got on a bus to Pisco. We were aware of how long we should of been on the bus but there was a good mov...

Ola amigos, We were only here for a few days so this will be brief. Santiago is a beautiful city with some lovely architecture. Our few days were spent walking around and looking at the wonderful colonial buildings. We visited Santa Lucia which is the birthplace of Santiago, it is a hill in the centre of the city and there are some lovely panoramic views. There is a massive park called The Metropolitan Park, we rode up a Funicular to the top and there i...

Hello peeps, We rolled off the ferry and drove downtown Wellington- very nice city, spent the weekend there had a great curry and there was lots of cool shops but thankfully for the budget and my own safety they were all closed due to easter weekend. We headed East next to Napier which is a town with a strong Art Deco influence it was ok but it wasn't quite my cuppa tea (Mike). We didn't stay for too long before driving on to Lake Taupo. We loved it there the ...

Kia ora, First stop in New Zealand was Christchurch. We had a look around the Cathedral and walked up the spire and got certificates to prove it! We then walked down to the Botanical Gardens seeing the Arts Centre enroute. There was also lots of craft stalls and street entertainment to keep us amused. We then got hold of a car (hired this time) and set off to explore the South Island. We stayed in a little town called Geraldine and the hostel had a cute llam...