21/07 Hi Everyone, This may not be very upto date now but a brief review of an amazing trip to Rio Caribe follows. We moved on from the camp and headed East along the coast to a wonderful beach fringed with palms and jungle, as you will see from the photos 'Rio Caribe', it is remote. This was the first real taste of discomfort, no showers, no water even, no toilets, we were on our own. The site was set Tents errected and we got generally filthy dirty! We all...

16/07 Hi Everyone, I have completed what is probably the worst leg of the journey, three flights, back to back finally arriving in Caracas, Venezuela at 9.30 in the morning having travelled for what seems like an eternity. I changed my first flight at Los Angeles and having no faith in the baggage handling systerm I took the trouble to make sure my main bag was not left whizzing around a carousel somewhere. It was fortunate that I did bacause having been told t...

09/08 Hi Everyone, I apologise for not being in contact but you will understand when I tell you that I am now at the end of a three and a half week journey through Venezuela where access to the Internet is very limited and there are not too many terminals in the jungle! I write from Manuas, Brazil where it is currently 106 degrees! I can not post my photos today as I am preparing to fly to Sao Paulo and onto Santiago tonight. I should get some time whilst in C...