Hey friends! Hola from Venezuela! We're currently chilling in the National Park Morrocoy in Venezuela after spending a wonderful few days in Salvador, Brazil, incidentally, around the time of my birthday! We had a great time exploring Pelourinho - the historic district of Salvador. It's got a great atmosphere and whilst we were there, our first evening just so happened to be a music festival public holiday, so everyone was out on the streets dancing, drinking ...

With a great sense of relief and a fair bit of satisfaction, we've just escaped from the Amazon Jungle!Our journey started with a van journey from Manaus to the harbour where we jumped on a speedboat, which took us to another harbour where we climbed into another van, which took us to another speedboat which finally dropped us off at the Amazon Lodge, basically a set of huts which float on one of the Amazon rivers.This all took just over 3 hours and should give y...

Hey friends! I hope you enjoyed Chris' rave review of Rio! We did love that place and were almost sad to leave for the Pantanal, however, we both absolutely loved our experiences at the Pantanal too, albeit for a totally different scope of reasons. We saw literally hundreds of varieties of tropical birds which our guide, Carlos, devotedly ticked off on a checklist. We learnt a lot about the climate and biodiversity at, arguably, one of the richest eco-systems in...

We've just spent a wonderful four days in Rio de Janeiro.The city exceeded our expectations with its ludicrously long beaches, soft sand, warm water, mountainous surroundings, modern air-conditioned tube system and high quality tourist attractions.For this short stint, we holed ourselves up in a very discrete B&B, located halfway between the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches.I don't think we could have found a better location and we were looked after very well b...

Howdy friends! I hope all is well with everyone back home and you enjoyed Chris' last blog. Sorry it's taken us a while to update you, we have been suffering with pretty non-existent internet - which, by the way, Chris considers one of life's essentials; you know like electricity and water! Bless him. Actually, we have both quickly learnt, that in places like Rio, Patanal and the Amazon, air conditioning is the equivalent essential! Phew, is it hot... and it's...