As I stated in the last post we finally reached our hostel in São Paulo around 1 am despite the bus driver's best efforts. We got to bed fairly quickly but were up the next morning quite early so we could take in the city's sights. We were drawn downstairs to the promise of coffee and breakfast and after a few minutes of chomping and discussing what we should do that day (actually just discussing how we have no idea what we're doing here and how we should have r...

Our next leg of the journey took us to Paraty, back on the mainland of Brazil and not far off from Ilha Grande. We initially tried to book a transfer from the island straight to Paraty but they wanted to charge us 85 reais (an arm and a leg) and I knew we could do it for far less. But at what psychological price you might ask? A great one. We knew the ferry for Angra dos Reis left at 10 am the day we were trying to go and that this would be the cheapest one all d...

For two nights we stayed on the incredible island of Ilha Grande, Brazil's third largest that's situated about two hours south of Rio de Janeiro. For 85 reais (about $35) our hostel organized a transfer for us from Rio to a port town and then a ferry across the water to the island, which was fabulous for the most part until our arrival on the island and our trek for the hostel began. Ilha Grande is bit different in the sense that there are no private vehicles on ...

We've now been in the fabulous city of Rio de Janeiro for nearly a week and we still just can't figure out how anyone gets anything done here... How are you meant to be productive in any sort of way when it's as hot as I'm sure hell must be, the population is full of the hottest people on planet, and there are more than a handful of beaches in just walking distance?! Like how is this even legal! I even said to Negar, can you imagine growing up in a a place like t...