We arrived in Salvador after our 12 hour bus journey, to the thumping beat of the Carnival music at 12pm, 4 days before carnival was officially due to start! If this was a sign of things to come it was going to be a busy but fun week. The hostel we stayed in at Salvador was really cool and had some super friendly people. Having free Caipirinihas between 5-6pm every evening, helped the social atmosphere. So obviously While in Salvador we had a couple of pre car...

So once Nic was able to step out into some sunlight we did a buggy tour to Genipabu from Natal. We got to see and ride on some pretty awesome sandunes. We also tasted some local delicacies, which were very strange to say the least. Next destination was a town called Pipa, and probably our best beach location in Brazil. Praia da Golfinos beach was the pick of the bunch....Golfino means Dolphins....and you were supposed to able to swim with or see dolphins from t...

Hello again everyone! You lucky sods get another blog!! I've got some time to kill while Nic sleeps. The drama queen decided to have her second severe reaction to the malaria tablets (the ones which they don't even have stats on thats how rarely they occur!!) resulting blisters all over her body and a face like Rocky (smokin hot!!)!! Two injections in the bum later and she seems to be ok now...just a little tired out...what a wuss hey?! :-) Anyway, I hope you...

Hola from Brazil!! We're writing to you all from our Hostel in Foz do Iguacu. Since we arrived exactly 2 weeks ago (has it been that long already?!) we've covered a fair bit of Brazil! We started our on-a-shoestring backpacking tour at the Copacabana Palace in Rio...needless to say it was 3 days of pure luxury and a real treat! Although, we did get quite a few looks as we walked in with our backpacks do we didn't really feel like high-fliers there!! It was ...