Hi! A little update on our New Zealand experience so far (although you will have seen some pics!). We spent a few days in Auckland where the main activity was catching up on sleep from all our plane journeys! We got a little tour of the surrounding area from a friend of Rachel's Grandma, so that was really interesting and we had a lovely afternoon with her and her family. We also managed to squeeze in a bus trip up to the Bay of Islands for one night. We...

Hello Everyone, Sorry about the lack of blog entries lately we have been having technical difficulties and have been flying for the last 3 days!!! Well, we arrived in Rio on Thursday afternoon and we headed to a little cafe beside Copacabana beach for a spot of lunch! In the evening we had our final group meal at our hostel with Team Scotland and Anne and Jamie and Rich, the BBQ was delicious! Later that evening we went to a massive Samba Party which was a reh...

Hello Everybody, Long time no speak, but yes we did survive the jungle!! Thank you again for all your messages. Thank you Charlotte for your messages, we are glad to hear you have been following our journey thus far and hope you are enjoying your tattie hols! We are missing all the pupils at Turra greatly! Well, last Wednesday we entered the Pantanal! The weather was scorcho! Hot, hot, hot! We sunbathed down by the river until our buffet lunch was prepar...

Hi! We are currently in Bonito, Brazil not the Pantanal like the pic above shows..that´s our next destination though! We have moved from Foz de Iguazu where we spent a couple of days. Its just on the border after Argentina. On Friday we travelled from Argentina to Brazil and then that afternoon we took a day trip to Paraguay...3 countries in one day! We didnt really spend much time there though, it smelled really bad and there wasn´t much to do apart from m...

Hello Everyone, Hope your are all well! We are basking in sunshine in Puerto Iguazu in Argentina today before we cross the border to Brasil tomorrow! Very early Monday morning we left Salta and endured a 12 hour truck journey. Monday night we camped out the back of a petrol station in the middle of no where which was very interesting. Very early Tuesday morning we left our petrol station and made our way to Puerto Iguazu. On route we stopped at San Ignacio ...