Rio to Iguassu

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Greetings from Argentina!

We{ve been on the road for just over a week now and we{re having so much fun.

First stop was Rio - fantastic city. We stayed in the Flamengo district pretty central. Did all the usual bits over 3 days - big Jesus, cable car up Sugarloaf mountain to watch the sunset, sunbathed on the Copocabana and visited the botanical gardens.

We joined up with our tour group for the next 7 weeks on Saturday and headed for Paraty - a small old slave town just south of Sao Paulo. Got some camping practise in and went on a boat trip round to some deserted tropical beaches (I won't mention the torrential rain in the afternoon).

We left Paraty on Monday and spent the next 3 days driving across Brazil to reach the Iguassu Falls. And they were so worth it!

The falls are just huge - the only way to get a real sense of how big they really are is to see them from the air. Luckily we had a helicopter to hand!

Crossed into Argentina this evening to see the falls from the Argy side tomorrow and hopefully get really close on a jet boat.

What can I say - life is hard.

I promise that we'll add some photos soon (as soon as I can find a PC that will let me plug in my camera)

Cheerio for now

Viv and Ness

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Photos

Ness & Jesus
You have to go and see Jesus when you´re in Rio. And I can confirm he is very big!

Rio By Night
The view from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain at sunset was incredible

Paraty
This is the first place we stayed after Rio.

Tropical Paradise
We stopped at this beach for a while on the boat from Paraty.

Roughing it
This was the view to when we woke up after finding a campsite at the side of the road to spend the night.

Ram Raider
The cattle truck suffered more than we did when they tried to ram our truck off the roundabout.