Hi Made it through sticky and dusty Paraguay (forty degress each day is too much, particularly one day when we made the mistake of taking a local bus with no air-conditioning!), and now in Buenos Aires, a busy city with pleasant squares. Were unable to get onto the balcony of the Royal Palace and re-enact Evita unfortunately! R and D x

Hi On way to the Iguasçu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina after partying in Rio's carnival (well, tried to!), and then relaxing at a pretty colonial town a few hours from it called Paraty. Both of us enjoyed Easter Island and their festival; the people were very welcoming and the statues were fantastic, often with beautiful ocean back-drops. R and D xx

Hi all Just a note as we leave New Zealand, having had dinner last night on the revolving Sky Tower shown with excelent views of the city. It has been a month here and it has flown by with hectic trips upon recovery from work. Today is pack up and upload photos which takes a bit of time here. We are off to the Cook Islands up to Saturday the 22nd and then in Tahiti until the 27th. Terrible life I know but we do need time to read all the books we have acquir...

Hi everybody. Just a quick note from Vietnam before I head to New Zealand. Had a fantastic time here once I had avoided the floods and cock-roach infested hotels!! Vietnam is a country getting back on its feet after a terrible war, which feels all the more poignantly pointless when able to actually visit and see the terrible destruction to the county and people. It's a land of contrast, from beautitful landscapes such as Halong Bay, with its mutilple rock...