Argentinian Iguazu Happy Birthday Mum. This is the second time i've written this cos the signal here went down and I lost all that I'd typed. Here I go , fingers and toes crossed that I'll finish this time. Today started well, the telephone alarm call at 6.45am, I was on schedule, stumbling out of the shower at 7.10am when a familiar tune came from my so called 'dead phone' from it's dark hiding place in the safe. Well, I thought it was switched off and dead.....

Brazilian Iguazu Today began in the usual Hayes fashion...exceptionally well prepared, relaxed and ready. However, there was one small problem which was of course an advantage....I set my mobile phone to wake us at 7am, so that we could be downstairs for breakfast with our passports, camera and sunhats ready to go withthe guide at 8am. Yep, we were on schedule, only when we reached the lobby it was 6.30am not 7.30am...my mobile phone has a GPS on it and apparent...

Rio Samba Show and Beach Football Great show last evening, colourful costumes, skillful dancing girls 6ft tall without their heels on, and they really could move and shake!! The pre dinner meal was a steak eaters paradise, though as you know i don't really like rare meat. At one point i used my barbaqued banana as a damn to stop the river of blood from contaminating my salad!! I managed to exchange the superb steak for Damian's banana, so we were both happy. Lia...