With a great sense of relief and a fair bit of satisfaction, we've just escaped from the Amazon Jungle!Our journey started with a van journey from Manaus to the harbour where we jumped on a speedboat, which took us to another harbour where we climbed into another van, which took us to another speedboat which finally dropped us off at the Amazon Lodge, basically a set of huts which float on one of the Amazon rivers.This all took just over 3 hours and should give y...

Hey friends! I hope you enjoyed Chris' rave review of Rio! We did love that place and were almost sad to leave for the Pantanal, however, we both absolutely loved our experiences at the Pantanal too, albeit for a totally different scope of reasons. We saw literally hundreds of varieties of tropical birds which our guide, Carlos, devotedly ticked off on a checklist. We learnt a lot about the climate and biodiversity at, arguably, one of the richest eco-systems in...

We've just spent a wonderful four days in Rio de Janeiro.The city exceeded our expectations with its ludicrously long beaches, soft sand, warm water, mountainous surroundings, modern air-conditioned tube system and high quality tourist attractions.For this short stint, we holed ourselves up in a very discrete B&B, located halfway between the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches.I don't think we could have found a better location and we were looked after very well b...

Howdy friends! I hope all is well with everyone back home and you enjoyed Chris' last blog. Sorry it's taken us a while to update you, we have been suffering with pretty non-existent internet - which, by the way, Chris considers one of life's essentials; you know like electricity and water! Bless him. Actually, we have both quickly learnt, that in places like Rio, Patanal and the Amazon, air conditioning is the equivalent essential! Phew, is it hot... and it's...

We've recently spent a busy six days in Buenos Aires, cramming in the tourist attractions, regardless of the weather... and we did suffer some pretty adverse weather, with flooding in quite a bit of the city!BA is certainly very proud of its Tango shows, both traditional and modern, and we found Tango popped up on almost every street in some way, from spectacular shows on large stages to pavement performances.It was surprising and sweet to find the street perform...