***J UK*** At the Copacabaaaaaa-naaaa. music and passion were always the fashion!!! Well, we were back. Same hotel, same city, same fantastic beach. Anisha left Sharan and myself Thursday but we crammed all the beach time in that was possible. Sharan and Anisha got Henna done, shopped for multiple pairs of Havaianas....i couldn't find a pair that i really wanted...on the beach we ate grilled mozzarella and i had a beer or two, made friends with an ice cream man...

***j in the U to the K*** So Sharan, Anisha and I have all but done Rio...time to get away from the city and the beach and got to an island, with a beach. A short-ish bus ride back down the coast, a 'dodgy' boat ride to the island and we are sound as a pound. Trek along the beach to get to our accomodation (thank you, again, Anish xxx) fording a stream - unaware at that point there's a road through the jungle to get there. Ihla Grande is a protected island, the...

***Still in that basement in deepest darkest Kent, UK*** RIO! COPACABANA! Ayayay!!! We made it. The last official destination on the trip, this is the city we would fly home from. With a little melancholy and a lot of excitement we bussed in to Rio. Avoided getting ripped off in by the taxi services and made our way to our 4 star hotel....yes, 4 star i say....(Thank you, Anisha, for 'sponsoring' our accomodation - hope you didn't mind the daily discussions with ...

***This blog comes to you from the UK, deep in an underground bunker....yes, i am unto returned hitherto thusly*** Bye bye dirty urban Sao Paolo, hello quaint, historical, picturesque...and a bit dirty in places too, come to think of it...Paraty. Disembark from the coach and Sharan and i, along with several other travellers - including our sometime stalkers/stalked friends from Sao Paolo....we all have no clue about accomodation or even orientation for our new ...

So, the last time i left you, Sharan and i were ´stuck´in Argentina awaiting a tricky encounter with Brazilian immigration....pah! What was all the worry about?! Our friendly neighbourhood bus drivers just ´hid´us on the coach and we only had to negotiaite Argentinian immigration. Hello, Brazil!The bus ride was surprising only in terms of its basic service....no food or beverages....and this ticket has been the most expensive one to date!! Anyhoo, 16 hours an...