Today we went into the national park. We went to a beach with black sand and then had a big swim. Next we checked out an old jail which still had the prison cells in the basement.

In the afternoon daddy Oscar and me played soccer and volly ball on the beach.

The highlight of the day was when we had cake from the refrigated cart on the beach.

Tomorow we catch the boat Back to the main land.

These past few day have been pretty relaxed, we spent a night extra before we started our journey down the south coast of Brazil. This photo is me sleeping and not wanting to get up and going on our road trip. We started our journey on Sunday with our first stop being Ilha Grande.

Ilha Grande is a big island about an hours drive from the outskirts o Rio. These boats are these boats are like the boat we had to catch from the mainland to get to here. The trip only took an hour and it was quite a long way away.

This is the beachfront of Ilah grande which is where we got off the boat. This is a long beach but is cool because you can have diner right on the beach front and the chairs and tables are in the sand. I think the best bit is that you don't have to wear shoes to diner on really anywhere.

On the Ilha Grande island there are no cars in the streets and not real motorized vehicles on this island only a few for the police and construction workers. Everything is a really short walk and it is great it is a shame we are only staying 2 nights on this island.

Oscar :)

On the second day of Rio which was the 13th of October we had a beach day. Our first beach was this one which is about a 2 minute walk from where we are staying. This beach is small but nice and peaceful although the water was a bit polluted. After that we came back to our apartment and got ready to go out for the day. We walked down to the bus stop and caught the bus to...

Ipenima!! This is quite a famous beach as some of you may know the song that is about this beach. This whole beach is not Ipanema in the middle it changes to Leblon beach which is closer to where we are staying. If you look close enough where dad is standing look for the Sheraton hotel and we are staying just above that. Around the bend is an even more famous beach called Copacabana which also has a song about it but it was to windy that day to have a swim there.

The next day (today) we rode around the lake smack bang in the middle of the city surrounded by mountains. This is where the rowing will be when the Olympics come to Brasil. It was about 7-8 kilometres to ride around the lake which took about 45 minutes to an hour.

On our ride we saw this bird which is the bird that stared in the movie Rio which most of you may know about.

The next thing we did was go to Christ the Redeemer but here they call his Christo. I thought it was pretty disappointing because there where so many people there but it was still a great experience and I mean you can't go to rio without seeing it.

Oscar

P.S

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN. M from the Simons family.

Scarlett's Time In Iguacu Falls

Our first suprise was when mum and dad surprised Oscar and me by staying in a flash hotel with a really big, ginormous pool! It also had a games room, bowling ally, kids night club and spa.

What I really liked was the swim up bar where you could order a lemonade and the water features.

But of course we weren't just there to swim in the pool!

There are 2 sides of the falls. One side is in Argentina and the other side is in Brazil.

We went to the Brazilian side first. Here you look up at the water falls. I think there must have been over 20 water falls.

The next day we went to the other side AKA the Argentinean side. Here you feel like you are on top of the falls.

The scariest, biggest and most powerful falls were the Devild Throat. The water here falls 109 meters down!! It made me feel a bit creepy because it was so far down and the noise of the roaring water was SO loud. The falls I liked the most where the Brazilian falls, because we went on a boat ride inside the waterfall and we got soaked.

Miss you all

Love Scarlett

Today we left Iguacu to come to Rio. We landed at 9.00am and got taken to a amazing apartment. This photo is the view from our apartment out to the sea and onto Leblon beach. The next beach around from us is a very famous beach called Copacabana which some of you may know the song.

Today the first thing we did was go to the sugarloaf mountains. This mountain is the higher one called Pao de Acucar which is aproximently 396 metres above the ground. The smaller mountain is called Morro da Urca and that is only 220 metres high. The distance between Pao de Acucar and Morro da Urca is 735 metres.

To get from the ground to the mountain and from mountain to mountain the only way is to catch a cable car. These cable cars where pretty amazing and climbing heights of 200 and 100 metres. Overall today was a great day that was really fun ready for a great day at the Rio beaches tommorow.

Oscar :)

Toady we went to the Argentinian side of Iguazu falls. Here is Mum Dad and Scarlett at the Devlis Throat lookout. This part was amazing but scary at the same time because you where right up close to the waterfall with the most amount of water volume in the world. It was amazing how the people built the walkways across the rivers also so close to the waterfalls.

This is the view from the first walk we did which was called the Adran waterfalls. This walk was awesome because you get so close to the waterfalls. Yesterday on the Brazilian side we went under and where looking at the waterfalls bit today was a whole different perspective because today we where on top of Iguazu falls!!

This is the main water fall in Iguazu falls. Seeing this was amazing because there was so much water pouring out down the 100 metre drop. Overall today was amazing and to see the falls in a different perspective was awesome.

Oscar :)

Today we went to the Brazil side of one of the 7 natural wonders of the world which is the amazing Iguacu falls. This photo is the first part which is the calmer part of Iguacu falls and this part is where the boats that go under the falls go which is what we did. We drove up the fastest flowing river in the world whilst going over some big waves and rapids. Once we got to the waterfalls we went under one and got absolutely soaked, we did this 4 times and it was amazing. Mum and Scarlett thought the water was freezing and could not stop shivering on the boat but me and dad where having such a good and had such a adrenalin rush we didn't even notice the water temperature. This is not all we did at Iguacu that day though...

Whilst walking along the paths through the jungle we found different animals like monkeys and Tucans that we don't get in Australia. This photo is a Tucan that we saw perched on a branch above us.

This is the more powerful part of Iguacu which is called the Devils Throat. It is 100 metres high and this is in the season where there is not much water. In the wet season there is twice as much water that flows down the river which would be so scary but amazing to see.

This is one of the waterfalls in the Devils Throat. The sound was amazing it sound like a building crashing down and smashing the floor beneath it.

This is a platform that looks right over the falls into the fastest flowing river in the world which is called the Iguacu river. At the platform you get really soaked as well from the spray of the waterfall. Overall it was a great day that will continue on over to tommorow exempt from a different country.

Oscar

P.S hope you are having a great time at school :):)

Today started off with a trip to the Rosarian coast. It was weird because this coastline had sand but in BA it didn't. This coastline is the parana river which is quite brown like the amazon river.

Then we went to the game. There where about 50,000 people there and about 30 of them including us where wallabies supporters. When Argentina sang the national anthem the crowd roared. Everyone sang the anthem at the top of there lungs and it was amazing.

It was a great night especially for us wallabies supporters as we won the match 52-17. It was a great night and I was lucky enough to get a pumas jersey.

Oscar

Today we went to the bus terminal and it was massive.(A bus terminal is like a massive train station and takes you to different states,city's and Counries)We went to buy Our tickets for our next trip,witch is tomorrow AKA Friday.We went to buy our tickets but we didn't have our passports. So we have to go tomorrow.

The second part of the day was when we walked along the waterfront. In the water was a floating Mini Minor and a tree.

Next we went to a big park like Centenial Park in Sydney where we rode bikes for 1 1/2 hours. The man gave me the smallest bike that was the hardest to ride!!

Half way through the ride I went down a rocky road and went super fast but then I hit a big rock and jarred my neck! After that Dad bent his wheel, because he was showing off to us kids by skidding on the path.

The last bit if the day was when we went on the flying fox. I really liked it because you don't sit on it you stand. I also like it because it was super fast not like the old greasy ones on Aussie !

Here's a photo of me on the flying fox.

And here's a photo of my papa...you're never too old to enjoy a flying fox.

Adios Amigos

Scarlett x

Today was another late start but we still did many things. This is a picture by the Buenos Aires port. This is where all the big crater ships come into.

This is us riding in Laguna de las Gaviotas which is B.A's Central Park. It was cool but the track was very bumpy. It also had many mud pits which where awesome to ride in.

This is the coastline of B.A and as you can probably see the ocean is very brown not blue like Australia. There is no sand it is just rocks and debris that makes the coastline of B. A.

Oscar