Hola! Cant remeber when we last updated you all but we´ve been v busy!!! We spent 2 days at Iguassu Falls on the Brazillian and Argentine side - pics are already up - and then crossed the border into Paraguay for a mornings shopping! From there we headed off to Bonito - a small torist town and the gateay to the Pantanal. In Bonito we went to a natural pool where we spent the day swimming with the local fishies and swinging into the water from a zip wir...

Hi everyone, We are writing from the Iguacu waterfalls today. We arrived here yesterday after a 15 hour overnight bus journey! The bus ride was pretty uncomfortable and neither of us got much sleep! We got here at around 9am and headed off to see the falls on the Brazillian side. They are very impressive (photos to follow). After visiting the falls we took a helicopter ride over them which was awesome, and the first time either of us had been in a helicopter. ...

Hi Folks! We are coming to the end of our stay on Ilha Grande we will be moving on in the morning to Paraty. We have spent the last few days in this tropical paradise on the beach, in the sea and on a boat! The weather has been a little wet still at night but much brighter and drier in the day. Spent today on a booze cruise around the island; swimming in the sea and eatin bbq food! It is a beautiful island with no roads so all travel is done by boat. We g...

Hi all, It is our final morning in Rio before we head off on our tour. We met up with all the others on our tour last night, they all seem nice. There are two couples from Australia, one from New Zealand and some lads from Coventry! It has all been going well, we went to Corcovada to see Christ the Redeemer which was amazing and yesterday we went up Sugar Loaf mountain on the cable car. We will try and put some photos up! We may not be in touch for a few day...

Hello all! We successfully arrived in Rio on the 2nd and were greeted with brilliant sunshine and a nice warm temp (32 degrees C). We spent our first day walking along Copacabana and drinking coconuts! Yesterday we walked for miles along Ipanema beach and through the open air market. There were lots of interesting things, lots of paintings and jewellery. There was also lots of tat! We spent last night on Copacabana where there were lots of street parties and...