Thursday 28 May By the time we are awake it's 9:15. About 12 hours in bed. So good. We get up and prepare to leave. We enter the airport and discover our flight has been cancel. It's a bit of a rigmarole to get it sorted, but we get there and then drop our baggage off. It's a bit of a wait, but a short flight to Rio. There is a sign in the baggage claim area not to accept rides from taxi drivers that approach you. We decide to buy return taxi ride. We hand over...

Wednesday 27 May The alarms both work today which is good. 20mins is slicing it thin but enough time to get ready and leave. Our friends collect us and off to the airport. Hardly any traffic which shortens the trip by 2/3 to the trip in! We check in and then say goodbye! It's been such a great time seeing friends! The flight is a little delayed due to fog and we have an airport rep waiting to direct us one to the next flight when we land. It's three flights to ...

Tuesday 26th May A morning spent resting, but unable to sleep. We go out for lunch to a vegetarian restaurant/cafe. It's busy and we can't see any seats. A man helps us get seats. You just go and get your food then have it weighed and put on your tab. The food is nice, but the plates are small. Too bad I'm not more hungry. We walk around the square and see a tour bus waiting. We ask in the info centre and find out is leaving in 30min. We decide to go. We need 4 ...

Monday 25th May No wifi. Not working. A bit of a problem. I arrange to get some washing done. We go for a walk to try my card to get money out and test Malcolm's. Hoping to find a way to contact the bank. We get money out in my card, his appears to be dead. I hope we don't go through cards at this rate. We'll be isolated quick. We aren't able to use any of the pay phones we find. We speak to a guy at an information desk who confirms they aren't used much. We go...

Sunday 24th May We get ready early to leave with friends for a visit to the country side. They end up being a bit late. We travel for about 2 hours to a place with caves and waterfalls and enjoy walking and cooling off in the water. It takes awhile to find a suitable lunch spot, and a bit lacking when it arrives. We watch river activities- there is a very strong current. We also try a local sweet. Jellied fruit covered in something sweet. Chocolate flavoured so...