Another day out, this time our guide was Fernando and he was excellent, he had a good grasp of english and a good knowledge of the area. He was also one of the first locals we had found who had been outside Brazil.... read more

It has been a different time for me, I keep thinking of mum at WDHB while I am having fun. Mum is never far from my thoughts, I know Sharon will look after things as she does, but it must be very hard back there. Down the Rio pregiucas. Well we had a day down the river, which is lined with palms trees to start with and then cuts over to mangroves. After a while we reached the end of the river, and I am talking at least an hour we reached the end where there was a lighthouse on one side and Caburi on the other. At Caburi there is a hotel, on one side of the hotel is the river and then you can walk thorugh to the sea on the other side - ... read more

Here are a few samples, most are low quality as the internet is slooooow... read more

Well what an interesting day from the tour side, but my thoughts have always come back to Mum. We were waiting for the bus to pick us up when my phone connected to the wifi and downloaded emails. Look I thought, there is one from Sharon and as we have had major problems with Orcon my first thoughts were that the internet had not died again and in fact is still working - but alas it was not good news and much worse than any interent problems, my mum had had a heart attack. Many words came to mind but really I was a bit shocked, concerned, worried, stuck and out of sorts. It is a buggar when things happen and you are really unable to return to help. But Mum, when you read this know ... read more

Well, talk about conincidence - now Pete is dirty - his bag never arived in Sao Paulo - what a buggar. That means he has jeans to wear in 31 degrees. I think we will be going on a buying trip this morning - at least he must have clean undies!!! Had dinner in the old town last night - what a wondeful place to sit back and watch the world go buy, people selling earings, necklases, begging, walking past in tight jeans and high heels. The high heels are amazing because they are walking on cobble stones and the only one I saw that had a minor trip was wearing flat shoes! We ordered a piza and beer and sat there with cats roaming around under our feet, of course they did not want to ... read more