We´re off to the jungle tomorrow for 3 nights and 2 days, so we´ll be out of range for a bit. We´re hoping to spot some Anacondas, Jaguars and Pumas and we´ll be sleeping in hammocks for the original experience, yeah!!
Thanks Harry and Viv for your lovely thoughts and words and Liz we´re on our way, get the wedding mags at the ready!!

Gotta go back to our campsite now as we´re having a fruit punch night and don´t want to miss out!!

Lovin you all xxx

P.S 16 days to go!!!

I´m feeling rather crappy at the moment. Colin and I have spent enough time with our group now and just really want to get back to doing our own thing, but unfortunately we can´t afford to leave, plus there is only twelve days to go and there are some pretty good things to look forward to. I know I´m being unreasonable as we have had a great time and have had access to some wild things, but you know when you´ve had enough of something and that time is now.

We are now in Brazil, but my last blog we were still in Bolivia and have also crossed through Argentina since, so it´s been a while!! One last thing we did in Bolivia was mountain biking down none other that Death Road. It was 68km downhill on a very narrow dirt path with a 300m drop on one side. This road is still being used for two way traffic by enormous trucks and it is known as death road as it has been classed as the most dangerous road in the world. It took us four hours to bike down and almost 7 hours to get back up. It was pretty treacherous, we also found out that the next day a coach, full of people, had actually slipped 100m down the side of the road and half of the people lost their lives. Scarily thinking, that could have easily been us.

I´m being kicked out of the internet place, so I´ll save Argentina and Brazil for another time.

See you all very shortly xxx

I'm not drunk, it's the altitude!!

I'll never take Engish internet connections for granted again, as with a lot of things. We've come to realise that as English people we are very spoilt with the amount of choice and availabilty we have, especially when it comes to buying certain things. Girls, imagine if you only ever had a couple of brands of beauty products to choose from and guys your choice of beer was limited. I know the people who live out here do not know any different, but my point is that we should be very grateful for where and how we live.

On a lighter note, we are now in Bolivia and I have never breathed in so much dust in my life! It's a very dry country, similar to Cambodia. We left Peru a few days ago and on our last night out all the lads tried the local delicacy. I wanted to show a photo, but I thought I would leave it for when we get back as those with a weak stomach might not appreciate it. The dish is none other than England's household pet, the guinea pig!!!! It came on the plate teeth an' all and had been deep fried. I tried it and it 'tasted like chicken', hehe!! Well, it actually tasted like roast duck, but with less meat.

We are now only in Bolivia for another couple of days. We visited the largest salt flats in the world yesterday at a staggering 1200 sq kms. We are now at 4000kms above sea level in a silver mining town called Potosi and tomorrow we visit a silver mine which is still being used. We get to go in and have a look around and visit the guys who still work there. We also get to buy dynamite and blow stuff up!! In a couple of days we will be crossing the border into Argentina, which I've been looking forward to for a long while. Hopefully my next blog will be from there.

Ciao xxx