Around the World in 204 Days In 7 months that has quite literally 'flown by' since leaving home on October 5th 2010, we have travelled around the world. We left home the day after Europe regained the Ryder Cup and since we have been away, England has retained the Ashes, performed poorly at a World Cup, won the 6 nations and beaten Wales in a Euro qualifier. In other news, New Zealand and Japan have suffered devastating earthquakes, Christmas, New Year & Ea...

Around the World in 204 Days In 7 months that has quite literally 'flown by' since leaving home on October 5th 2010, we have travelled around the world. We left home the day after Europe regained the Ryder Cup and since we have been away, England has retained the Ashes, performed poorly at a World Cup, won the 6 nations and beaten Wales in a Euro qualifier. In other news, New Zealand and Japan have suffered devastating earthquakes, Christmas, New Year & Ea...

The city's name is exciting in itself but throw in the world famous sights of Sugar Loaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana beach and it is impossible not to be excited about visiting Rio de Janeiro! Not for the first time in the last 7 months, expectation was high....and yet again we wouldn't be left disappointed. Rio is set to host the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic games just 2 years later. Maybe this has contributed to our very different experienc...

We have trekked through jungles and climbed mountains across the world in search of picturesque waterfalls, but little did we realise that even the smallest of the 275 falls of Iguazu would instantly eclipse anything we have already seen. It would be easy to lose a little motivation nearing the culmination of our 7 month adventure, but not here. The Iguazu falls are definitely worthy of a detour and without doubt one of the highlights of our trip! Discovered in ...

I must confess that prior to our visit, I knew very little of Paraguay other than that it was a land locked country whose red and white stripes appeared every 4 years at the World Cup Finals, occasionally making it through the group stages. I would liken Paraguay to a country such as Cameroon. I've never met anyone from either nation, nothing newsworthy ever happens in either, the only city I was aware of was the capital, and they don't appear to take part in any...