Well, It's my last few hours in Rio, and I've run out of money so I'm going to try and finish off my blog……. 20th Jan Having crossed pretty much most of Brazil in a bus we arrived in Paraty on the coast. The bus journeys ended up taking almost 24 hours in total… what a nightmare! I think that really might have to be my last ever night bus journey… far too uncomfortable. When we arrived in Paraty it was flooded. It is on a really stunning coast line but...

Hello again!!!! I've spent the last 2 days visiting Iguassu Falls (my spelling of this may vary!)... they are stupendous! I took about 150 pictures of the waterfalls but have tried to edit them a bit for the blog.. if anyone is interested there will be a full slide show on my return! 14th and 15th Jan These 2 days were spent mainly in the rain in Bonito. I woke up to ridiculous thunder storms that pretty much didn't move all day. This meant that I pretty much ...

Good Afternoon! I´ve just escaped from the Pantanal and am in an air-conditioned internet shop so am starting to feel human again! The Pantanal is in Brazil and is about the size of France (depending on which guide book you look at it ranges from half the size of France to bigger than France….. guess it depends where you measure from!). It is wetland and in when I was there had ridiculous temperatures in the high 30s! It is also full of wildlife and incredibl...

Hello I hope you enjoy the pics i just uploaded…. That was a marathon uploading session and took almost 2 hours!!!! So now a run down of my past few days. Bolivia is a crazy place. There is just awesome scenery here, combined with extremely poor people and very bad roads. I really recommend coming here but be prepared for basic!On New Years Day, after the prison I hung our with the rest of my group. Catherine left to go to the airport at about 5am on NY day, ...

Happy New Year! I hope you all had wicked fun last night. My night was a bit crap and unexciting but I´ll come onto that. First I have to write about my most crazy experience to date..... this afternoon´s visit to San Pedro Prison! Fiona at work had recomended reading the book Marching Powder about San Pedro prison. It´s the true story of a british drugs trafficker who ended up there and the ridiculous corruption involved. It is possible to visit the prison ...