We travelled by mini-bus to Paraty - it took 4 hours but was not too bad. We walked inot town and had a look around. I had to buy another pair of sandals because of the cuts on my feet!!!! Our hotel has an outdoor pool, our room is really nice and this place would be perfect for a 2 week holiday. We went out last night as a group and I had a glass of wine, went ot bed, however I have spent all night up with food poisoning!!!!! If I didnt improve they were going ...

Well, Rio is brilliant! We arrived on the 6th July and got to our hotel in Copacabana. There was lots of high rise flats and our hotel was "like living in an old fashioned tea cup" - Kerry. We went straight to sleep after a crappy and long bus ride from Sao Paulo. Next day was the 07.07.07! We wandered around Copacabana and found the beach. The beach is amazing! White Sand, Warm Sea and every local wearing as little as possible! (Old women in thongs...

Hello from Sao Paulo! We have not been up to much at all really - I have started feeling better and now Kerry is ill. Hopefully she will be feeling beter tomorrow. Well Sao Paulo is massive, I have been out and about today having a look around the shops and stuff. Its much more expensive here than anywhere else we have been and the weather here is much better, its been 28 degrees today!!!! We have not seen much though as the smog arounfd the city blocks alot o...

What a day, What a day!!!! We woke up at 5am - I was so tired and then we headed to the airport. we arrived and went to check in. The heating was blowing really hot air on my head and all of a sudden I felt myself fainting! Not good at 6am! Poor Kerry had to look after all my stuff as I sat in the airport over heating and feeling very poorly! We checked in and it didnt help that I was nervous about flying! Being on the plane actually made me feel better which i...

This blog is called - "I hate heights and mountains! " The bus from Cocabana to lap Paz was fine, it went a bit slow but then this is south america. We were dropped off in the middle of the city and we just walked round the corner and I found this really nice hostal. We have our own balcony, a clean shower and shower tray, a brand new samsung tv with cable - its really smart and not that expensive. The people in the city are very very poor and we ar...