So last we spoke I left you with the cliffhanger that not all was quite well with this bus, but as it would happen my memory is s*** and I´ve realised its the next bus that was the cliffhanger related bus and it was this bus that had the daft shop with the barcode system and this bus that chose to play a french film to a bus full of english and portuguese speaking people. By all accounts it was a very uneventful bus journey (and one of our shortest at a mere 6 h...

So Stone of A Beach is a total party hostel - one of the Swedish girls in our room was totally having a thing with one of the ozzies, was very sweet he left her a nice little note saying how much he´d enjoyd spending time with her in Rio for the past week and all the time on the beach etc .. not that me and lucy read it of course ... no. Anyways it has an awesome roof top bar wit nice fairy lights and cheap drinks - for most of my time in this bar I would be d...

Hello everyone! Computers in South America suck (and not in a good way) so its taken me years to upload any photos let alone find the time to actually write a blog or anything. Infact as I write this I am writing it in an email because about half the internet (including facebook) seems to be blocked by this stupid internet cafe´s connection. Ugh! Thankfully I have been keeping note on my ipod of my daily activities so I can realy them back to you all at home. ...

The Countdown Begins I enjoyed a day off from my hectic and seemingly never ending work schedule this Monday and took the opportunity to try and FINALLY book mine and Lucy's travel tickets. I'd tried a couple of times to book the tickets before - the first time I just popped in and was told I'd need an appointment, Ok I'd like to book an appointment on Sunday, we don't do appointments on Sunday you just have to drop in... right... naturally the next day after a...