Hola Amigos Have just returned to Bocas del Toro from a week on Playa Larga, a significant nesting ground for Leatherback and Hawksbill Sea Turtles of the Carribean Sea. We were in a remote and secluded spot without running water, electricity or refridgeration. Our contact with the outside world consisted of climbing up a tree to make a mobile phone call from our "Call Center". The boat took myself and Lisa from the ANAM headquarters in Bocas del ...

Hey kids This is interesting - I am typing on a german keyboard so pllease excuse the mixed up spelling and punctuation. I am staying with Teresa & Ben of BerlinLoopBrasil in their home in Brasilia. It is a condominium in Lago Sul (South Lake) which has a guarded entrance. Brasilia is the capital city of Brazil and this year will celebrate 50 years since it was built. In 1960 Lucio Costa together with Oscar Niemeyer designed the city plan and it´s arc...

Well, g´day folks, it´s certainly been a while since my last entry and, as you can imagine, plenty has happened in that time. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I left Iguazu Falls (Argentina) with a limp due to my spider bite (little b*****!) and was escorted via taxi across the border and into Brazil! The taxi driver was so concerned about my foot that he spoke to the border guards so that I would not have to stand in line, I was wisked straight though! Thank you S...

Ola amigos Yesterday we did the Green Passport tour on Iguazu Falls! This included an adventure aspect followed by an eco tour. We entered the park at 8.30 am and got on a jeep thu rainforest so similar to Qld as some of the plants are considered invasive species at home - ones that i was paid to irradicate! Indicates the close connection of Australia to South America through the ancient land mass of Gondwana (or was it Pangea). So many similarities in cli...

hola mi amigos The Eagle has landed!! arrived 2 days ago from sydney. was first thru airport customs - put bag thru xray, no questions, easy! shared taxi w Rosie (NZ - film & TV degree - look out for Radi radi ra comedy series) to Rancho Urbano, an antique hostel run by Marcello (he was born there) built by his great grandfather. Welcomed by Delphine (French - agriculture student) and Camilla ( Rosie & I walked down Avenida Corrientes to get some Em...