From Foz we headed to the coast of Brazil where we had chosen to miss a day (regretting that decision now!). We stayed in a town called Parati which was lovely. The coast line is just beautiful - exactly how I imagined Brazil to be - forested mountains next to clear blue water and amazing beaches. From Parati we took a boat tour around some of the nearby islands. We stopped at a few of the beaches where we could jump off and swim and snorkel and generally j...

So, like I said, I managed to delete a whole weeks worth of news.... Will try to update but obviously cant remember it all now... So we were in Cordoba for another night, with the added bonus of being in a hotel. The truck was vaguely fixed but the gearbox was still not right so any time Geoff wanted to change from 4th to 5th gear we had to pull over and stop (yes, even on fast roads!). The boys had had a rather late night so stumbled in just as we were abou...

O dear. Just wrote a long update and yet again managed to lose it. Argh! So anyway the gist was I'm now in Brazil, we've had a few truck problems, went to the wetlands in Argentina, and we're now on our way to Parati on the coast for a bit of sun tanning. So won't be on for a little while, if I can ever face writing that much again and losing it. Iguazu falls are just awesome - and its not even the wet season at the moment! Hope you're all ma...