Hello again, Have just spent the best part of a week in Brazil, a vast country as big as the USA. Given that I am only here for three weeks I'm hoping to get a flavour of it and still leave some time for scuba and sun in the last week. Am open to correction on some details of this country as I have a Brazilian friend Eduardo on my mailing list but here goes.... Arrived in Sao Paulo last Tuesday after a two hour flight from Buenos Aires. The plan was to get to ...

Hello again, Nearing the end of the trip and have left the penultimate country. I have been very busy this last week and hope to give you an update on the adventure. Due to having rushed out two emails last week to cover my arrival in Argentina and the trip to Uruguay there was a couple of things I missed off my first script from Argentina. First was that when I went to the Historical Museum in Buenos Aires it was an easy place to go round as all the exhibits h...

Hello again, Well if you thought my last mail was a bit short from Argentina, there was a reason. I have managed to sneak another country into the schedule this last week. Brazil was to be the 30th country to visit but Uruguay has pushed it into 31st place. I met a number of people on the road who suggested I take the short trip from Buenos Aires (BA) into Uruguay. My friend Nigel, whom I met in Santiago, came back into town on Thursday and we decided on a join...

Hi, I arrived in Argentina on Tuesday after a five hour flight delay due to bad weather in Lima (Peru). The first impressions on flying into Buenos Aires and making my way to the hostel were of a much more sophisticated set up than Peru. Looking out of the bus window on the way in, I could have been going into a European city or even a US destination had there been more advertising hoardings. During the inter war period Argentina was actually the 7th richest cou...

Hi, The time has come to leave Peru.I have enjoyed the 17 days here but can't say I ever felt entirely secure except when out trekking. One of the most beautiful countries I have ever been in as far as landscapes are concerned, but the downside is that you feel you may be robbed at any time. Since I last wrote I moved to Arequipa in the south and used this as a basis for visiting the Colco Canyon. This was a three day trek in one of the deepest canyons in the ...