My arrival in Rio marked the end of my tour and completion of my 45 day journey from Lima Peru, east all the way to the opposite side of South America. It's a spectacular city but with only 2 days before Argentina I booked myself on a couple of tours to make sure I saw all the main sights. Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf were spectacular and the tour also took in the Cathedral, the district of Santa Teresa and the Lapa steps which is Rio's most famous staircas...

After the buzz of Iguassu, it was time to hit the beach. I took a flight from Iguassu to São Paulo but then drove straight out to the coast to the quaint, cobbled streets of the town of Paraty. This is a beautiful old colonial town with the original cobbled streets and no cars in the old part as well as lots if beautiful beaches. I spent one of the days sailing around the islands, stopping off in a number of small bays and beaches to swim and snorkel. It was als...

I have made it to Iguacu and it is indeed a sight to see! Attached, one of my pictures of the falls taken from the helicopter yesterday. It was a fantastic trip, really spectacular to see the falls from the air and I have decided helicopters are the way to travel! After that we spent a couple of hours viewing the falls from the Brazilian side where you get more of a panoramic view which was great to see. Today we crossed the border to Argentina for the day to se...

Just finishing a very relaxing 3 days in Bonito which is about 3 hrs outside of the Pantanal and has lots of outdoor activities and nature to get stuck into. Yesterday I did a fantastic snorkelling trip in the River Prato which has crystal clear waters and visibility of about 15m so lots of opportunity to see all the beautiful fish. I have never snorkelled in a river before but it's great fun as you just float and let the current take you slowly along. It was ver...

On arriving in the Pantanal and and being introduced to the Mosquitos it was time to fish for dinner, piranhas! To be honest to start with I wasn't dead keen on the idea of being out on the river bitten to death my insects but as its all about the experience, I decided I had better just get on with it and actually, turns out I'm not a bad fisherman, 2 piranhas in about 20 minutes. What was quite entertaining was that the whole time there were a couple of caiman,...