Bondgirlontour

Ola everyone!! Just got back from spending a few days in the Amazon Jungle which was so much fun (even if it was really hot and I got seriously mugged by mozzies and sandflies!). After leaving Banos in Ecuador, we headed up to Misahualli and checked into the "pink elephant" which is a ugly hotel that's painted hot pink! There's nothing to do in Misahualli except swim in the river and watch the monkeys steal your water or icecream and then race up the tree while trying to fend off the other monkeys who also want some as well! The next day, we took a motorised canoe to where were started our 4 hour hike through the Amazon. While I had great fun splashing and sloshing in the mud (it had rained heavily the night before ... read more

Hey all Does anyone fancy spending the day hooning down a narrow one-lane rocky road, with trucks and buses heading in both directions? And at the same time, you're plunging down 3,600 meters, passing by snow-capped mountains of the Bolivian Andes, rocky cliffs(with 3,000m drops) as well as lush, sub-tropical rainforest before ending up in a sleepy old town? There was also some fog thrown in for good measure, which was just as well as it momentarily obscured our view of the thousand-foot drop-off just a few feet from our tire tracks... Welcome to the world's most dangerous road - a 64km road which links La Paz to Coroico. I did it and it was amazing! It has got to be one of my highlights and I would definately recommend it to all, especially all you ... read more

Hola! Yup its another hot day outside and here I am writing to you all inside the cool internet cafe.... I seriously can´t believe the amazing weather that we´ve been having - its only rained once and that was the first day in Rio. Every other day has been in the mid-20s with blue sky to go with it. The evenings are cool but so far so good, apart from getting mugged by the mozzies... Anyway, after leaving the land of salsa (Brasil), we headed over to Paraguay for 4 nights. On our way to the capital, Asuncion, we got caught up in a road block because the truckies were protesting againist the rising fuel prices. There were police there too but because Paraguay is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, they really ... read more

Hey all Tell me, what happens when your famous saffa tongmaster is missing so you haul in 3 recruits - 2 kiwis and an ozzie - to cook a legendary team woody coal bbq? Firstly, the men throw a bag of ready-light coal onto the brick bbq. After a few seconds when that doesn´t work, they throw on some twigs that are lying around and think that maybe they should add some more coal. So on goes 3 bags full of ready-light coal. The coal starts to smoulder with a small fire in one corner. Convienced that the grand fire wont get any bigger, they rush off to by some lighter fuild and throw that on the bbq. In the mist of all this, two fine young lasses (a kiwi and a canadian) tell the lads ... read more