I´m here,will fill you in later. J xx It's now the 27th. November,we are flying out of Rio tomorrow, heading for home, I'm really looking forward to seeing all my family again.The flight stops over in Sao Paulo, then non stop until Heathrow the whole journey takes 13 hours, if I'm quick crossing to terminal one I should catch my connection up to Edinburgh. Anyway today it is raining so I dont feel so bad having to leave this amazing city. We had a wonde...

The sun is shining and it is hot but it is the rainy season so we are prepared. No traffic on this island at all ( no roads ) when we got off the boat,( it was about a two and a half hour sail from the mainland) there were loads of local people with buggies waiting to take your luggage to your accommodation, our wee man was quite elderly and when he looked round at one point he was a bit grey in the gills so I sneeked up behind and pushed from the back, thought ...

We arrive in Iguassu early morning,the hotel is beautiful and the staff are very friendly,we are too early to book into our rooms but they store our gear and show us into the Spa area to shower and change before breakfast then we are off to the famous falls. We all decide to take the helicopter ride over the Brazilian side, it is too amazing for words, I really cant describe it, you cant imagine so much water in one place. There are 275 falls in all ,spread over...

Long journey yet again but we arrived in Bonito and there were a lot of celebrations going on,it was the Brazilian spring bank holiday so it was very festive.The hotel was very nice too,the breakfast was to die for,loads of fruit, ham and cheese and as always cakes even big chocolate ones,gave them the wide berth as I'm developing a wide berth. The word Bonito means beautiful and it is a beautiful place,found a place that makes wonderful coffe,the first since I ...

Across another border and another change of currency,not too much trouble at this border either,so far so good.We were met by our guide Pedro,who is very much into ecology and his love of the Pantanal.We drove for a couple of hours and eventually arrived at our lodges,right by a river,built on stilts and hotching with MOZZIES.I had so much sun lotion and mozzie lotion on I was sliding around inside my clothes,it didn´t matter how much I had on the wee monkey...