Hola Amigos, Well our last stop in Brazil was Porto Alegre where we stopped for the day before boarding a night bus that would take us into Uruguay. But before we begin this journey we would like to write some of our Brazillian memories.... How could we ever forget 4 nights sleeping in hammocks on the upper deck of a boat sailing down Rio Amazonas from Manaus to Belem. Getting rained on 3 nights out of 4 (because the shelter was minimal on upper deck), eating bea...

Well here we are on the world?s most famous beach, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. An amazing beach situated in an amazing city. Rio along with Cape Town have to be the two most stunningly located cities we have visited. Copacabana is a beach some 4,5kms long which winds it way around a point and becomes the equally stunning Ipanema beach. We have rented an apartment in Copacabana for the week, about three blocks back from the beach. There are lots of warnings from t...

Hey folks, We have arrived in Salvador after a 14 hour night bus that was actually pretty comfortable and we even got a goodie bag of chocolates and crisps for the first time! Since our last postcard we made our way to Praia da Pipa which is a resorty little town set on the atlantic coast praised for its friendly atmosphere and dolpin filled waters. Had a great few days there sunning ourselves and checking out the nature reserve where we saw the cutest little Bra...

Bom dia! Hope all are well. From Sao Luis we have made our way down to Natal, stopping for a few days at the remote fishing village Jericoacoara (Jeri). Quite a journey from Sao Luis to Jeri which involed a 10 hour bus ride, a one night stop over in Parnaiba (the cheapest town so far!) and a 2 hour 4 wheel drive journey from Parnaiba to Jeri along the beach, over dunes, estuary and small lake crossings (which involved driving the jeep on to a boat or raft which w...

Bom dia from Belem. Just finished our 4 day boat trip down the Rio Amazonas and have now arrived at Belem, situated close to the mouth of the river. What a great trip. 4 nights in a hammock, hot, cold, windy, wet, sunny, stormy weather; blocked toilets; dry bread for breakfast; rice, spaghetti and meat for lunch and dinner; waking up wet from the rain at 3am most mornings, reading; playing cards with new friends (Lars, Daniel, Justine, Anneke); cutting my (Shane)...