Time really does fly, its over a week already since I arrived back in the UK! Already I’ve seen lots of family and friends, returned to work, and been up to Manchester – which has made for a nice welcome back. Lots of mixed emotions still, nice to be back, but sad that the trip [...]

184 days gone, 1 day left – gutted! Time really does fly when your having fun! Having said that it seems like ages since I was last in the UK back in October, and even Asia feels like a lifetime ago! I was sitting on Copacabana beach today reminiscing about the last six months – [...]

We’ve spent the last few days checking out Rio, and have to say first impressions are that it’s a really cool place.  Yesterday we walked the entire length of Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.  It was a national holiday so the people of Rio were down the beach chilling out.  All good cept all the blokes [...]

Another busy few days has seen us visit one of the natural wonders of South America, Iguazu Waterfalls. The river Iguazu forms a boundary between Argentina and Brazil, and at its most spectacular part masses of water plunge of a giant plateau – never seen anything like it! Masses and masses of water [...]