Today we had to get up early for our trip to Peninsula Valdes. our first stop was our whale watching trip. We were given a waterproof poncho and life jacket. We both looked hilarious. We all got on the boat and within minutes we were meters away from whales. It is very hard to explain the experience or even capture it in photos. The boat trip lasted about 1.5 hours. We were really lucky to see loads of whales, all of them had barnacles all over them, Up close the...

We arrived Iguacu on Wednesday morning after a 14 hour bus journey. In true Carley style we upgraded our seats to executive class which meant we practically had a bed and loads of leg room. We slept most of the way which was a bonus and arrived in Iguacu excited and ready to see the falls. On Thursday we went to the Brazilian side of the Iguacu falls. The Iguacu falls are world famous and have over 200 waterfalls. We got the bus to the falls and made our own wa...

We arrived in Flora on Thursday evening after a few relaxing days in Rio. We arrived at the hostel which was on the pier. Lovely views but was cold compared to Rio. We had a few drinks at the bar an decided that we would have an early night. The next morning all 4 of us got the bus into the main town and had a wander around. It felt very European there. We then had lunch which consisted of the best sandwich we had ever tasted. On Saturday we decided to go San...

Friday 5th June Today we left the hustle of bustle of Rio for Ilha Grande. We got picked up at 11am in a VW fan and drove for roughly 2 hours to the port. From here we got on a speed boat and crossed over to the Island. Ilha garnnde is an amazing place. There are no cars, its paradise. We arrived in the afternoon and after checking into our our hostel we explored a little and had some lunch. We decided that for dinner we would go down to the pier where there were...

We have arrived in Rio this morning. Bit strange at first and a little sacry. Checked into hostel and its really nice. We have a 4 bedded dorm and our own bathroom. Its not 5 star but perfect for what we need. We took a walk this afternoon and had lunch on Copocabana. Was amazing to be sitting there and to think we were actually in Brazil!!!! We are going to go to see the statue or sugar loaf mountains tomorrow so will update after that and will hopefully hav...