What a shock to the system - going from the most developed country in South America to Bolivia one of the least!! Santa Cruz is the second largest city in Bolivia. It´s set up in a series of ring roads and has expanded so fast with very little thought to the actual planning of it. Because of this the city really doesn´t have a true centre or a vibe to the place. We spent a few hours wandering around the main square, cathedral, and local markets but did...

Salvador was an amazing place to finish off a fabulous time in Brazil.We´d heard very mixed reports about Salvador (also known as Bahia) and didn´t quite know what to expect but the energy, the life and the amazing feel to the place made it one of our favourite places in Brazil.Salvador was also the previous capital of Brazil and over 4.5 million African slaves were shipped to Salvador by the Portuguese centuries ago making Salvador a melting pot for Af...

We were both starting to feel like we were just on holidays and not actually travelling anymore with all of these beach towns so it was great to get to Olinda and a bit of history and culture again.Olinda is a small town which was previously the capital of Brazil and it has the most amazing architecture, all tiny cobbled streets lined with beautiful historic houses in the brightest colours. Plus some of the houses have amazing murals on them, our favourite was on...

Natal will forever be known as the only town in the World without an Irish bar and it was our misfortune to arrive there for St Patricks Day! However we did our best and managed to drink green coconuts on the beach and then followed that by green caiprioskas to keep with the theme. We stayed in Punta Negra outside of Natal and discovered that basically we were in the Brazilian Costa del Sol (for non Europeans basically it was just a big Brazilian seaside resort...

We flew from Rio to the north coast of Brazil and arrived into the tropical paradise which is Jericoacoara. To get to Jeri we had to take a bus across the sand dunes for almost an hour. It's a very laid back beach town with huge golden sand dunes and a beach which stretches on for 37km! It's a really popular destination for surfing, kite surfing and sand boarding. Gareth rented a surf board for a day and caught a few waves, even managing to stand up! All self tau...