Hi ladies and gents Having left Ilha Grande we caught the ferry back to the mainland and got on to some dodgy, hot and sweaty bus for 2 hours to a colonial beach town called Pararty (India is officially a sleeping ninja and literally sleeps EVERYTIME we get onto some sort of public transport!!) Its Carnival all over the country now so as you can imgaine everything is pretty crazy and everyone is in high spirits. We have jumped straight on the bandwagon and have...

Dear all! We have now left Rio and currently writing this from Ilha Grande. We got the bus and the ferry from Rio, took about 4 hours in total and was all very simple even for us! This island has two streets, no cars and no ATM´s which is surprisingly nice coming from Rio. We have been staying in a cute hostel called Bier Garden, really small and above a yummy resturant- the guy whos owns has lived in England and the whole place is pretty cool. Yesterday we hik...

Dear all- sorry for the lateness of our first post, as you can imagine we have been VERY busy!! On arrival, we were both smacked by the heat- its very toasty here!!! The cab drivers have no idea where they are going and drive like speed is going out of fashion! Our first hostel was nothing short of revolting. I think we both wanted to get on the first plane back. Typically our first day was spent on Copacabana beach- hot again and not so pretty! We then checked ...