Hi Guys We are sat by the pool as we are leaving Iguazu today. We are waterfalled right out! We arrived Wednesday after our 23 hour bus journey on the night bus. Some people struggled on the first 6 hours of the journey as we had the party the night before. The party was an awsome night, played drinking games and ended up with a bonfire and singing on the beach- sureal but awsome! On wednesday we arrived at our hotel and it was really nice, with huge beds and a...

Hey Folks! Hope all is well where you are?! We got into Paraty yesterday and guess what... It was raining !! We took a local bus which was a bit of an adventure but managed grab a seat whereas some of the locals had to stand up for the 2 hour ride! Walked from the bus station to our hotel while it was dingy and damp and on first impressions the it looked like a right little grotty town. There was also a big parade throught the street in honor of the local elect...

Well what can we say we have met our group - what a crowd! All sorts of nationalities and all sorts of personalities! Everyone speaks English though which is good for us but feel really ignorant because some of them speak about 3 languages! We arrived on Ilha Grande, an Island just off the coast of Brazil, it´s lush! The beaches are gorgeous and the scenery is amazing - still doesn´t feel real. First night here we all went for a drink with the new crew a...

We´ve finally made it! After the 14 hour flight we are finally here in Rio :-) we had to put our clocks back four hours so when we arrived we had a full day ahead of us. We took a tour around Rio to see all the sites, Christ The Redeemer, Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Maracana Stadium (Brailian Football Ground) We also went to the museum where they keep the costumes for Rio Carnival which was good. The weather has been dissapointing today very dark and rainny ...