Hello! 21st March was the official first day of Spring for all you peeps in the Northern Hemisphere…..so conversely I guess that I am now officially in Autumn here in North Eastern Brazil. It doesn’t feel like Autumn with radiant hot sunshine, and temperatures in the mid 30s. Currently I am in the tiny coastal hamlet of Canoa Quebrada…. (http://www.google.com.br/images?q=canoa+quebrada&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=pt-br&tab=wi&biw=1139&bih=436) relaxing in a hammock and catching up on photo resizing and blog updating. Here is the link if you want to skip straight through to the photos….. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=341618&id=691995235&l=e7592466b3 We have 2 full days here in a gorgeous pousada (http://www.californiacanoa.com/en/index.php ) 30 metres from the wide sandy beach and azure coloured ocean. This m... read more

Another blog update...another country! This time I am in Brazil. 8.5 million sq kms of country covering almost half of the continent of South America. Its big. Its big and at the moment it is very very hot. Too hot…even for me. If you want to see my pics so far, here is the link.....http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=329775&id=691995235&l=51e203d5d9 Rio was scorched yesterday under sunshine that took the mercury to 46 degrees celcius. Even the cariocas (the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro) are struggling in temperatures this high. Its not just the heat it’s the humidity as well which leaches your will to live. No sooner do you step out of a cold shower feeling refreshed then your body acclimatizes back to the inferno and you start to sweat again. Im averaging 3 to 4 showers a day simply to ... read more

From Vanilla Ice to Pink Floyd and now finishing up with Foreigner. If you have no clue what im talking about then i shall leave it for you to work out...! So my third and final part of my Antarctic voyage starts here. I feel a bit like Darwin may have felt when he started to write the end of Voyage of the Beagle. So many wondrous times....i hope you have enjoyed so far and this last instalment leaves you wanting to book yourself a trip immediately (and with Aurora http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ !). Go on.....life is short and you never know when you’re going get hit by a bus. On that prosaic thought...if you cant face another update from me and simply want to look at photos, here are the final batch: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=317837&id=691995235&l=2021e30ce3 I last left you ... read more

Greetings from a blisteringly hot Buenos Aires! I have been assiduously writing up my Antarctic trip but if you just want to skip straight through to the photos for the first part of this Antarctic Blog then feel free to click here..... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=315899&id=691995235&l=a6138dac97 If you want cut yourself another slice of Xmas Cake or grab a mince pie and a brandy and settle down to read and imagine the first part of my Antarctic odyssey and then look at pictures...read on! The White Continent has fascinated me for years. Stories abaound of the explorers, mere mortals who survived or died epic voyages to, through and across it by land, by sea. This frozen desert - the coldest, driest and windiest place on the planet - has always captured my imagination and I’ve always longed to travel ... read more

Evenings all Its a stormy night here in Punto Arenas...the stepping stone town from Patagonia across the waters to Tierra del Fuego. The rain is lashing down on the roof of the hostale, the Patagonian wind is relentless but the fires are stoked inside and i have a bed with a goose feather duvet to snuggle under. I almost had the opportunity to try beaver tonight (no pun intended) but the chance to upload pics using Linda's netbook and the fact the John Lennon tribute concert was on made me pass on this culinary adventure. Im sure there will be plenty more opportunities to eat beaver!! Anyway, at last...what you have all been waiting for... some photos from these past few weeks....enjoy... Part 1 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=308311&id=691995235&l=c55437d4ad Part 2 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=308674&id=691995235&l=3d459d46a8 The last day o... read more