Finally, we are off the bus and in Foz do Iguaçu, after a marathon bus journey from Paraty, 6 hours to Sao Paulo and then a 15 hour night bus to Foz. The lesson learnt on this leg of the journey was to not sleep for the 6 hour day bus, now I know for next time! Foz is home to the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu falls (with a flow capacity equal to three Niagara falls) and the Itaipu dam (the second largest generator of hydro-electric power in the world) both of w...

Paraty is a charming little seaside town with cobbled streets and some of the best examples of colonial Portugese buildings in Brazil as well as some sweet beaches and islands to explore. We went on a boat trip through the islands stopping of to swim in the bath temperature sea, do some snorkeling and to expose our ultra pale complection to the rays of the sun. We also visited a small beach village called Trindade which was about 1 hour south by bus, the bus ride...

Ola, Kia Ora, Hello!!!! Finally after years of talking about it we have arrived in South America!We were welcomed at Rio airport by a black out across Brazil which made passport control interesting, there was clearly no plan B for these situations. After 2 hours sitting in the dark not knowing what was going on we ended up using the light from our cellphones to prove our identity and pass through passport control. After leaving Londons cool temperatures it was a...