Intrepid Journeys - Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (Judy Bailey)

It's just beautiful — a little old Portuguese settlement. It looks as though Ernest Hemingway could be just around the corner.

– Presenter Judy Bailey on her trip to the Brazilian island Ilha Grande

The other thing I think about Rio in particular, is that real division between wealth and poverty. It's so stark here. You've got these amazing 5-star hotels, right next door to a favela — the locals slums.

– Presenter Judy Bailey

I'm proud of myself actually, for an old Sheila, making it all this way. Everybody else who's passed me is looking pretty shagged as well!

– Presenter Judy Bailey on her long hike to Lopes Mendes beach

For a shy person, it's been sometimes really challenging to barge on in there and introduce myself to the local people ... I think it's true of a lot of performers, because reading the news on the telly is a performance ... we hide behind a performance so that you're not really yourself, but when you come on a trip like this, it's all you...

– Presenter Judy Bailey

Capoeira is what the slaves brought with them from Africa. On the plantations, Capoeira was banned. To befuddle the plantation owners, the slaves would turn their martial arts into a dance, and that's where Capoeira came from.

– Presenter Judy Bailey

It's just wonderful to be out and about experiencing things for myself, after all those years sitting behind the news desk and reading about other people's experiences.

– Presenter Judy Bailey

This is going to be a big trip: three countries in 17 days is a huge distance. And they're not small countries either. 

– Judy Bailey looks ahead, at the start of her journey