So we're back from salvador, no entries from there as we've had no internet access for the past 8 days! Our accommodation was quite good, a beach style bungalow opposite a pool surrounded by tropical plants! We spent the majority of our time either strolling down to the nearby beach and shop (thats right just the one!) or lazying in the hammocks by the pool. One day we did exert ourselves and go into the centre just to browse the newest shopping centre though,...

Hello again, Well we're just about ready to leave rio for a week & head on up to salvador for some beach lounging & book reading. Been staying at the hostel impanema (which is a much nicer area than copacabana, more bars, resturants & great shops!). Its kinda like a hostel alley where loads of little hostels are grouped together - it was recommended to us by Jeff (our ozzie friend) who happens to be staying opposite us. We've been in a 4 bd dorm (...

I know its been over a week since my last entry but here goes a quick recap (just about to head off to the airport, again!) of our experiences since leaving Bonito! After alot of false starts (people wanting luggage out of the trailer, people needing to pee & people forgetting stuff at the hostel) we made our way into the pantanal. We arrived late afternoon, met our guide & before we even had time to find ourselves a hammock each we were whisked off on ...

Greetings from Bonito! This is a little place, tucked away on the edge of Brazil (quite near Bolivia) and is meant to be the paradise of Brazil. It is very nice but the weather isn't exactly paradise lol, even though its brazil's winter its warm but not the norm for this area. We visited the argentina side of the falls on friday, which was pretty cool. We took a boat ride along the top of the falls, saw some crocs upclose, then took a speed boat under the m...

Just a quick hello to say that we survived the horrid bus trip but many of our fellow tourers woke up to discover that they'd been bitten half to death during the bus trip by either bed bugs (from the bus companies blankets) or by some kinda fleas......NICE! Luckily, me & helen still only had the previous days bites from mozzies! It makes me itch just thinking about it, rank! Due to the dreadful weather upon arriving in foz, we decided to go to paraguay fo...