The water fall that wasn’t

Campo Grande, Aracatuba, Florianopilis, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Brazil We decided to rent a car and drive to the Pantanal (which both Mel and Lucy have written a lot about), which despite all the warnings and negative comments on various online forums (authored, obviously, by people who hadn’t driven in Brazil), was very straightforward.  We […]

Mel’s Blog: Piranhas, Jaguars and 110 mosquito bites!

Sao Paulo, Bonito, Pantanal Brazil We survived Sao Paul! It wasn’t as scary as it had first seemed although as a city it was very confronting; the poverty, the homelessness and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. For some their daily commute is via helicopter, while others scavenged the bins for […]

Lucy’s blog: I am the best at catching fish in our family

Lots of places, Brazil We arrived in Party after Rio. In Party we went on a boat trip around some islands.  The boat stopped and we jumped off the boat to go swimming.  It was really fun.  I could see lots of the scenery from the boat.  Then we moved to Caraguatatuba where we went […]