Hi, The picture is quite a good illustration of the sort of weather we have encountered over the last few days! we were full of plans but we seem to have resorted to spending our days staring in to space and looking at the rain (can imagine how you felt in Jamaica now Mum & Dad!) As Nikki said we went on a boat trip on Thursday and got burnt! but it has rained solidly since then. On a brighter note though we met two really nice english people on the boa...

Before I set off for Brazil I was determined to become a bronzed goddess! Two things are currently hampering progress: 1. It?s raining so we are still as pasty as when we arrived (nearly) - luckily it?s not as hot as it was so we are less sweaty! 2. Our brilliant new discovery - self-service ice cream bars. Amazing! Basically you have loads of different ice-cream flavours, loads of different sauces and all the toppings under the sun! As you can im...

Hi, Hope everyone is well, thanks for all your messages - I love reading them! Having a great time in Paraty - I really love this place! It was really really hot yesterday and there was a massive storm last night. We were sitting outside an icecream place happily scoffing our faces and looking at the lightening in a nice relaxed manner when the sky literally opened. Have never seen rain like i, the roads flooded in literally two seconds and we were dre...

Hi again from Paraty - the hottest sweatiest place ever known to man!! (well ever known to me but i may change my mind about that after visiting bangkok!) We are staying in a little guest house here, have a nice room to ourselves which is good but it is soooooooooooooooooo hot! added to the hotness is the fact that we have to barricade ourselves in at night so we dont get bitten as anyone who has seen me with bites knows that I do bites in a fairly spectacul...

Hey All, Have left Rio now, just arrived in Paraty which is a beach resort surrounded by 65 islands so we are intending to do go on lots of boat trips. Rio was amazing - such a stunning city. We went on a tour of Rio on Saturday and saw loads of the city. Went up to the Christ the Redeemer statue which was a nice scary bus ride!! I thought we were almost there as we headed vertically up a hill but then got a massive shock when I saw what we were heading...