Firstly- I can´t believe Michael Jackson is dead...how crazy. I wonder if it will be one of those times you look back on and think about where you were when you heard. Well we were here in Hostel Natura and a jolly fine place it is to be too. Tomorrow we´re off to Buenos Aires but we will be very sad to leave as we´ve had an amazing time. The Iguassu falls are set in sub-tropical rainforest on the border of Brazil and Argentina (and nearly Paraguay) and a...

Sitting here after a yummy dinner cooked by the Aunt of the guy who owns our hostel....organic homegrown vegetables, fried Manioc and beef schnitzel- she makes dinner every night for the guests for 5 quid and used to be a chef so it´s amazing! Last night she did a barbecue and it was amazing- huge T bone steaks, home made sausages and Kofte. It has been tipping down with rain for the last two days so we have been very lazy. Hostel Natura where we are staying ...

So as I wrote last there was a possibility of going to the football. Shortly after Marcio made a flurry of calls and it was annouced that we would be going to see his team, Vasco play- something we were really keen to do as we heard that you had to go to a football match whilst in Brazil. 6 of us piled into his mate´s vauxhall corsa and unfolded ourselves 20 minutes later at the stadium after getting an amazing view of it from above coming over the hill...