Hello! It´s been a long time. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I´ll begin.... So after an initial blog entry which promised much (by which I mean it literally promised much, I´m not blowing my own trumpet about the quality of the writing), I have gone and let everyone down, including myself, by failing to write a single update since setting foot on South American soil 6 weeks ago. I know, I know. You´re not angry, you´re just disappointed. You should proba...

Here is my very first blog, written at Heathrow airport. I´ll do one about Rio when I leave. OK, so I have been persuaded to write this diary / blog to keep track of my travels and to keep others in the loop. I was initially sceptical as I tend to think of travel blogs as being a pretty smug "Look at me, look at all the amazing places I´m visiting, look at all the cool things I´m doing and people I´m meeting. But enough about me, how are you? How are yo...