Hiya!Currently in Santiago at the moment amd our first impressions are really good! We flew in over the ice capped Andes and landed into this lovely city! The weather is great and there are picturesque parks scattered throughout the city. On Thursday 14th we went off with 13 others in a minibus to do a week tour of the Lake District in the Southern part of Chile. We climbed glaciers, and live volcanoes (Villarrica - but we only got half way up due ...

The last 3days we´ve been in Foz Do Iguaçu on the border of Brazil, Argentina & Paraguay. Went to see the Waterfalls which were absolutely stunning, the most incredible place ever. There are miles and miles of walkways which take you right up to the edge of the falls (The tallest of which is 180m deep!!) On the Argentinian side of the falls we took a speedboat right into the mouth of one of the falls which got us soaked. The usual pikey Brazilian...

Hy guys! We hvae just spent three days on this beautiful island about a two hour boat ride off the coast of Salvador called Morro de Sao Paulo! No cars are allowed on the islands which, made life so much easier as Brazilian drivers are crazy! We spent our time there snorkling (the sea was warmer than a bath!), sunbathing, eating amazing food, lazing about in hammocks and watching the sun set with plenty of ice cold beers... was pretty stressful! Tom and Jules xxx...

Hi! My turn to write something now (Tom) Just arrived in Salvador having got a 25 hour (oh no wait...29hour!!) bus journey up the East Coast. Just ha d a little wander around and now sitting with a lovely cold Skol (Local ´soft´ drink). The coach journey was made a little worse by the fact that some locals in a bar near our hostel in Rio convinced us to have several Cachasa´s (a traditional Brazilian cocktail)! In fact this turned out just to ...

Hi Everyone! Sorry it has taken a while to write something but here we are!! Currently in Rio at the moment and it is fantastic! We got here last Saturday and went straight to the Maracana stadium (3rd biggest in the world!!) to see local rivals Flamengo and Fieuraznza(?) play. The atmosphere was electric! Our guide took us right into the heart of the home end and we were surrounded by constant chants, flares, drums, and massive flags! Hadn´t got a clue wha...