Team Bowz

We'd finally made it to London! Perfect timing of 6:30pm,m just in time for Johnny's bday party. However 2 hours through customs etc and discovering a broken bottel of Bundy meant we'd be a little late. Note UK doesn't accept cheese through customs - Kraft Plastic Sticks still counts as cheese. Sorry Mitch & Danielle not having much luck with your presents. It's always so awesome to see smiling faces awaiting your arrival. Mitch's beard is out of control, just wait until you see the photos. We purchased our oyster cards and off we went. Bowz was the only person in our group to never have travelled the tube before and was instantly a convert. The ease of use, the accessibility, the universally recognised logo, man CityRail in Sydney has a long way to go to ... read more

We've come to our final destination. The USofA for Carly & Paul's wedding. Chi Town Arriving in Chicago, it was nice to be met by someone at the airport, and someone who could talk to us and we could understand (my dad). So good to see the family again, and also some of Phuong's family too. My little nephew (who's almost one) has learnt to do kisses : D - well he leans in, and you get a bit of slobber, but it's the most adorable thing in the world. Chicago feels like my 2nd (or 3rd maybe) home but it was Tim's first trip so we didn't hang home long before heading out to see some sights. I was a little skeptical about coming back to the US, one of the world's "super-powers" is not ... read more

The sun came out for us in Sao Paulo, but we were only here for a night in transit. The only thing to say about this city is it is MASSIVE!!!!! For as far as the eye can se on the plane, the city pushes on, full of clusters of large buildings. With 11 million people, it's one of the biggest cities in the world. Went straight to the pool at the hotel to try and get a bit of colour in to our pasty bodies before we headed out to check out the shops. Unfortunately we heard and the saw the afters of a guy who got hit by a car. Unsure whether it was the fault of a lunatic driver or a lunatic pedestrian, could have been either. We went to Bar Favela (funny ... read more

Howdy readers! It's been a while since our last update, so we should probably let you know what has happened since our last post. We flew in to Rio on the night of the 19th. We were staying on Copacabana beach because all the accommodation on Ipanema was full. Found some food in the way of crepes at this little place called Yonza. Dirt cheap food and drink, a must for anyone staying around this area. With large manga style cartoons on the walls, this place was pretty cool.( Bowz was keen for a night out, but as we were planning on flying next morning, i convinced him to head home early, so we finished about 1am- Danyane ) Got up the next morning for our hang gliding adventure! After a few hiccups, we made it ... read more

Well we arrived back in BA and into our new bed and breakfast for two nights. Not too much to report except that we did a bit of shopping and I managed to pick up an Yves Saint Lauren tie for $50AUS. If we didn't have 3 weeks of holidays left, I would have bought a couple of suits as there about a quarter of the price! We went on a Gaucho tour on Saturday which was out to a ranch to basically ride horses and watch a cowboy show. The horses only played follow the leader, and hardly responded to commands, and the show was crap. Basically we have decided self tours are far far better! And you don't get tortured by the spanish guide trying to speak english and still point out every icon ... read more