Bonito Once we had had our final massive lunch at the Pantanal we hit the road for a short trip, 4 hours!, to Bontio. Along the way we were anble to sit out on the roof seats of the truck which was great fun with a mixture of amazing scenery, good speed and a lot of bumps! When we arrived in Bonito we were given our room keys and for the first time we did not have to share a room, you would not believe how such a simple thing could make you so happy, and probably...

The Pantanal We arrived at the Pantanal and were soon off on a boat to go Piranah fishing. As you can imagine we were all quite keen to stay on the boat with Piranahs, Caimen (Crocidiles), and Anacodas in the water. Following 2 days on the Truck it had become quite clear that the New Zealand men were all very good fishermen and regularly reel in huge fish back home- in fact it had become crucial that to demonstrate your manliness you must reel in several huge Pi...

2 Big Drive Days- OverlandingTo get from Paraty to The Pantanal required 2 big drive days- i.e. 10-12 hours on the Truck! During these 2 days we discovered the highs and lows of overlanding leaving the beautiful Paraty for the road. A brief synopsis of overlanding is as follows (apologies for those of you who have been yourselves!)...1. It is a TRUCK, not a bus (see picture) If you call it a bus/ Coach or even van it leads to drinking fines!2. A Bush Camp- Sounds...

Yeserday was a bit of a washout - rained most of the day bút being English it didn´t stop us going up Sugar Loaf mountain in order to look into the cloud. (We did see some views to start with but then the cloud came in and didn´t shift for the rest of the day). However, you will be pleased to know that we made the most of the time we spent waiting for the cloud to lift and Richard lead an exercise class - Tracey wins the `most impressive press-ups´ competitio...

We´ve arrived! 2 days of fantastic sun, beaches etc and now we are in an internet cafe telling you all about it because it is raining. Booooo (but hope it makes you all feel better). So far we have eaten the traditional Brazilian dish of pizza - twice! On day two we actually found a restaurant that had an English menu so that we knew what we were ordering, however, since the waiter didn´t speak any English we ended up with random meals that bore no relation to ...