Thanks for all the sympathetic messages, feels like im almost at home and getting the special treatment you do when ill! Feeling better today, managed a walk around Cuzco this morning, its a beautiful city. Definately the most affluent and attractive we´ve visited yet, i cant say its the best but it adds a new dimension to our experience of S.A. so far. I´ll have more to report when i manage a full days outing! Im afraid to sy we watched telly this aft, which w...

Hi all, Sorry its been a while, we've had ever more adventures since our last post...the biggest one landing me in hospital with salmonella! Iv got three out of the four types going plus a parasite in my intestines just to really cripple me! tell sam i had to have a drip and evrything and i was sick about 15 times! lol. I checked out today after two long days, and an even longer bus 10 bus jouney to cusco, 10 hours when the sickness started, through the andes o...

I dont really know where to start with this blog coz so much has happened since i last wrote! Im going to have to be quick tho coz we are literally in the middle of nowhere and the speed of the internet reflects this! We are going to La Paz (capital of bolivia) tonight tho, well 12 hour bus jouney so tomo technically- its the highest capital city in the world, 3660 metres above sea level. I havent mentioned much about santiago because there isnt too much to repo...

Dear all, Thankyou for all your messages, its so lovely to hear from everyone...please keep us updated with what you are upto. I cant remember all the questions asked, but pheebs, the picture of the animal you mentioned is a monkey! Every morning at the hostel in rio they appeared while we had breakfast on the decking, they especially liked it if we shared our bananas with them! Since friday, lots more to report. Our night out in Lapa (a part of rio, famous f...

Dear all, A very quick message on this very old and slow computor! we are having the most incredible time...arriving in rio on monday night was exciting and scary. Flying into rio during sunset was unbelievable- a city surrounded by a rainforest! Since then we´ve met some amazing people, had breakfast with monkeys and been to a paradise island by boat called Ihle Grande. The food is the best we´ve ever had, the weather amazing (sorry tom!) and each day gets b...