Sleepless in Olinda... We arrived on Thursday afternoon in Recife after a nice and comfortable bus trip from Natal. During the journay Katie struck up a conversation with two Swedish girls behind us who were also looking to stay in Olinda. We decided that it would be a good idea to share a cab and their knowledge of the cheapest hostel to stay in. We jumped in the cab but our cab driver thought he knew best and started to take us around all the different pousad...

It´s our last day in Natal. To be honest I think I can speak for my husband as well as myself when I say I´m not going to miss the place overly. Beautiful beaches don´t get me wrong but a big city with not much in the way of attractions. As i´m sure you know P and I aren´t ones for sitting by the pool in the sun all day...(nor is our skin accustomed to it) We leave at 0900 tomorrow (Thursday) morning for a 4.5 hour coach to Recife, then on to Olinda which i...

Hi everybody! So we´ve arrived in Brazil. At last we can relax and it seems that this is the place to do it. This morning we have so far wandered down to the beach, (about 50 metres away) sat by the pool, (about 25 m away) and swam in it. (about three steps from the sun lounger...) We also enjoyed our included breakfast which had just about every food type imaginable, and lots of it! Yum! Not much eating is required for the rest of the day... We have met o...

Right... This 'ere is our travel blog... You should be seeing this after following either a link in an email or something on Facebook telling you that we have updated out blog with new and interesting things that we have been up to on our travels... Not this time though, unless you want to know about the progress of us clearing out the house of old clothes and crap before we leave. THIS IS A TEST... please return to whatever you were doing but remember next tim...