We arrived in Recife on Saturday morning after a surprisingly easy 14 hour bus journey! The seats were very comfy and we slept most of the way. It was soooo hot when we arrived! Jeans are fantastic for keeping warm in the heavily airconditioned bus, but terrible as soon as you get out. We had a hostel booked in Olinda, the little town on the other side of the river, so we headed straight there. The hostel was very basic but our cheapest yet, so seemed fitting. W...

What a beautiful place! This National Park is an old diamond mining area that was protected in 1995 and all industrial mining banned. The area has recovered remakably quickly given the level of destruction and that it has only been protected for 13 years. We arrived early on Monday morning after a 6 hour night bus from Salvador. After a little rest in the morning, we walked up to the local waterfall (more like a series of small rapids and pools) called Serrano. ...

Hello again! I´m falling behind on these already! I blame slow internet connections... Anyway, Salvador. We arrived on Thursday morning to blazing sunshine and boiling temperatures, carrying backpacks and wearing jeans. Not pleasant! A long bus ride took us to the area of Barra where Myra´s friend Oscar lives, who has kindly let us stay in his appartment. And whats a location! 10 steps from a beautiful beach. Compared to Rio, Salvador is like a different cou...

Hi everyone! Rio - what a place! It should be on everyone´s list of places to go. It has a magical quality about it, with such great beauty and an incredible atmosphere. Myra and I have loved every minute. Copacabana beach is everything you would imagine it to be... glamorous, enormous, teaming with beautiful people.. though men jogging in just speedos is a little too frequent for my liking! There is no age limit on the speedo-only outfit either! I was lucky t...

Hello! I´ve made it to Rio! This is a quick first entry to get my blog up and running. I´m fairly new to all of this so it may take me a little while to get it going properly. I hope you enjoy reading and don´t forget to email me or post me some messages on here.