Hi everyone. I am currently in Paraty with Jim and Laurie, Ed went home yesterday so dont be surprised if you see him walking around in fordingbridge! Anyway, despite that, the three of us are having a brilliant time. Paraty is a really beautiful coastal town. There is a fantastic 'old town' which is filled with vibrantly coloured, portugese style houses, shops and churches. For most of the day, the cobbled streets in the town are partly flooded by water, adding ...

Just a quick message from Rio to say i arrived safely! The bus journey was very easy and comfortable, we just had a bit of a mission to find our hostel and ended up having to walk around Rio, at night, looking like lost?tourists (which is what we were!). It wasnt very fun, but its all good now! Unfortunately, it is raining very heavily. We can see sugar loaf mountain, but only the bottom of it due to heavy clouds. Hopefully we will be able to see the statue tomor...

So,  I have finally made it to Brazil! Yesterday was the longest day ever, literally! We boarded our plane in Auckland at 5pm on the 25th and landed in Santiago (Chile) at 1 pm, on the 25th, after eleven hours on the plane! On arriving in Chile, i started doubting whether South America was a good choice! We were instantly warned by police men to avoid everyone in the airport unless they were behind a desk. He said that there is no question over whether w...

So that's it, another country done! I am quite sad to be leaving New Zealand, as i have really enjoyed my time here. It has been my favourite country by a long way! It is a bit of a shame to have spent our last day here in Auckland, as it is my least favourite place, but it still isnt that bad! It is, as i expected it to be, nothing more than a big city. There isnt much to do here but shop, or spend money to leave the city, which we havent done. We have met up wi...

Hello all. We are currently in Auckland, New Zealand's most highly populated city (still only 1 million residents). We took our last bus journey on the kiwi experience this morning and have therefore finished all three experiences! We drove through a place called matamata which was where the Hobbiton set was created for 'The fellowship of the ring'. We didnt actually get to see the set, but apparantly there isnt really much left to see. So far we havent seen ...