Well its been a fun few days here in Punta del Diablo about half an hour from the Brazilian border. The beaches and the weather have been great and a group of 12 of us have been sharing a couple of beach hut style houses in this little town. La Paloma was also good, but I only stayed there 1 night, enough time to check out the beach (which wasnt much to write home about) and randomly run into 1 of the guys I was in Puerto Iguacu with, who then introduced me to ...

Back into a Spanish speaking country - phew! Ive been in Uruguay 4 days now and its been a funny old time...First I got upgraded to Business class on the plane here to Montevideo from Rio, then the guy sat next to me starting chatting and invited me for lunch at his house - turned out to be the Presdient of the airline I was on!! He whisked me through the queues at immigration and on to the VIP lounge when we landed, thought these type of things only happen to ot...

WOW! THAT was a crazy few days!!! Well we made it to the Parade (both nights!) I still cant quite believe it!! And for sure I dont know if I have adjectives to describe it!! Ok then, Ill try!! Amazing, breathtaking, incredible...the list goes on. The sheer sight of the 1.5km Sambodrome runway filled with thousands of people in magnificent, colourful costumes (ok so some definitely werent wearing much!!) surrounding fabulous floats and dancing to samba ...

Back in Rio and after a couple of days of overcast weather, its hot and sunny again, perfect timing for the Carnaval!!! I headed back to Ipanema and got ill again, this time things werent so pleasant, so I was pleased when I finally made it out and about. Yesterday I was ast watching Flamengo draw 2 all with local rival Fluminense in the Maracana, the Worlds largest football stadium. Needless to say the atmosphere was pretty damn impressive though filling ...

My fourth night in Salvador de Bahia and things have been good, and things have been bad. Its bloody hot and Salvador is fantastic, but Ive been feeling a bit rough. Not sure whats going on, havent needed the loo or anything like that, but something definitely wasnt right - feeling better now though so fingers crossed... So yes, Salvador, what an amazing city! The African slave background in this part of Brazil makes Salvador like a little piece of Africa an...