Hello all, we are now onto country number three! We have seen the Iguasu Falls (Largest in the world by volume) from both the Brazilian and Argentinian sides, the latter being my favourite as there were less spiders and more trail options that led you closer to the waterfall action. We even paid a bit extra for a boat ride that took us right into the falls, we were so close to the booming water that our clothes were drenched through and our disposible camera was ...

We´ve been staying with Mark´s cousin for the last 3 days in Curitiba and the area reminds me loads of downtown Cancun, we´ve visited the Wire Opera House where the likes of Paul McCartney and Enrique Iglesias have played, watched a reggae/indie band at the Colombo Grape Festival and driven out of town to have a BBQ at a beautiful river - Rio Nunes. Grapes are very prominent in Curitiba - I´ve had grape jam on bread each morning and tasted lot...

Hello everyone, this is a belated Rio blog, only 1 week late, we've finally found an internet cafe with good internet. We had an amazing time in Rio, the whole week was a big party, everyone out on the streets enjoying themselves and lots of impromptu street parties, parades and samba bands practicing ahead of the Sambadromo parade. (This is the main event of the carnival, where samba schools compete late into the night and then the winner is announced the follow...

So.. week number 1! Not quite the hardcore travellers yet, mark´s grandma is feeding us lots of rice beans and meat, and it has been easy to stick to our budget of 15 pounds a day (sorry we cant find the pound sign on this brazilian keyboard). The plane journey here was LONG and interesting, within the first 15mins of takeoff from Madrid we decided to take off our shoes and relax, as you do, when suddenly the women in front of us and also to the side of us s...