Day 10 - Fri 7th Nov - Iguassu, Brazil After spending all day and night travelling we arrived at the hotel in Foz de Iguassu at 8am. Iguassu falls are on the border between Brazil, Argentina & Paraguay. Foz is on the Brazillian side and that was where we stayed for the two nights we were there. The hotel was probably the best quality hotel we had staye in on the tour and the straff were really friendly. Or rooms weren´t ready when we arrived but they had ...

Day 7 - Tues 4th Nov - Ihla Grande to Paraty It was a horrendously early start to the day after the previous days activites as we had to catch the 9.30am ferry accross to the mainland which took about 2 hours. We then took a public bus to our destination of paraty, which was also about a 2 hour journey but was a good experience of Brazillian life. Paraty is an old colonial port town and is the first port that the portuguese royal family arrived in when they lan...

Day 4 -Sat 1st Nov - Rio to Ihla Grande We checked out of the hotel in the morning and headed over to meet the rest of the tour group. We then got a private mini bus to take us to the port to catch a private boat accross to Ihla Grande. It took about 3 hours on the minibus and given the very late night we had all had in Lapa the night before it was a very somber and quiet bus journey! the boat then took an hour and a half to get over to the island. Ihla Grande...

Hi Everyone, have managed to upload photos of Rio but they are in a completely random order and I have not had time to add comments. about to get on 20 hour bus ride! but should have internet access in next few days. Finally made it to an internet cafe!! After almost a full day travelling we finally arrived at the hotel in Rio at about 1am (3am UK time). Day 1 - Weds 29th Oct - Rio The first morning went for a walk around the ´Lagoa´which is a big lake in...