Hi Everyone, It´s been a while since my last blog entry so thought I´d update you all on my activites before I fly to Sydney tomorrow! It´s been another amazing week in South America; this time without any allergic reactions (I hope you all had a good laugh) or fraudulant activity - always a bonus haha. The tour continued from Paraty (the quaint little coastal town in Brazil) through to Iguassu Falls, Uruguay and finally Argentina on Monday - pictures will fol...

So it´s been a week since my last blog entry so I thought it was about time I wrote another... What a week this one has been. In seven days I have had an alergic reaction to some random Brazilian fish, climbed another mountain, swam in a waterfall, been on a 4X4 jeep tour, learnt how to make Caipirinhas (Brazil´s national cocktail), had my bank card cloned, been on a twenty hour coach journey, been to the second largest city in the world, been to the worlds wei...

So I promised to keep you all posted on my whereabouts/goings on/adventures throughtout my travels so here we are, my first blog entry...feel free to stop reading at any point (not that you need telling) as I always find these things boring/way too long and waffly. So, stop 1 of our travel Rio de Janerio... It´s is a mental city, the stories you hear aren´t exaggerated or dramatised, this place really is crazy, the people are lovely and the partying is const...

Heya Everyone, Just a quickie to let you all know I'm ok :-). After a lovely 11 and 1/2 hour flight and a 40 min taxi ride we arrived at the Rio Backpackers Hostel in Copacabana at 23:00 local time (01:00 UK time). Hostel is ok, free wifi (always a bonus), which I'm using now :-), but it's on the most hilariously steep hill I've ever seen...the taxi couldn't drive up it!! Plans for today are beach and roaming... Hope everyone is well. Lots of love, ciao (or ...