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...

Hi, Well we made it safely!! flight was a bit delayed as the cargo door was damaged so after settling down in our seats and getting all excited we then had to go back and sit in the departure lounge and change planes which was a bit dissapointing! Was really weird driving in to Rio in the taxi because all you could see were shanty towns built up massive hills and the whole place looked a bit scary. Then you drive through a long tunnel and at the other s...