As a budding engineer I had heard about the Itaipu Dam long before I went travelling to South America and it was certainly a place I wanted to visit while in Iguassu. It is a hydroelectric dam located on the...

The Leatherback Turtle is a Jurassic like animal that is the biggest of all living turtles. They have a large tear-drop shaped body that is covered in skin and oily flesh which is quite different to the...

During my stay in Iguassu, Brazil, I decided to make a trip to Paraguay with a few people from my hostel. The main reasons for this was because the border was so close and I was curious as to what it was like....