Hi! Have just left Ilha do Mel (Honey Island), had a lovely few days despite the rain that seems to be following us round! Luckily it only rained at night. The Island is about 1 1/2 hours by boat from Paranagua where we were staying before. I dont think that it is very far but the boat was really slow and the floor vibrated so much i thought my foot was going to vibrate off!! Near the end of our boat trip we are nearly died of fright as another boat cam...

Hi, In Paranagua now which is a nice fishing town and the sun is shining!! We left Curitiba this morning and took the train to here. It was supposed to be the most beautiful train journey and it was quite spectacular all through rain forest and past waterfalls but it wasnt much more spectacular than many of the bus trips we have been on. My opinion of the train trip may have been slightly distorted due to the fact that i had a cracking hangover and was mo...

Hi, Quick mesage as havent got much time on the internet. We are in Curitiba now, which is the state capital of Parana. It is nice but it is quite quiet. Stayed a night in Sao Paulo which was not the best place in the world quite ugly and full of sky scrapers - definitely not pretty! Leaving tomorrow to take what is described as the prettiest train journey in South America, speak soon Sarah x

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...