After a horrible 14 hour overnight bus ride we arrived (rather grouchy) to flo. First impressions were....boring. Not alot to do and i was tired. 1 hour after checking in we get roped into white water rafting...why not??? So....grab condom GO! Was a good day and glad we did it, even with a broken wrist i managed to keep up (to be honest the boys were panzies and hungover). To tip the boat they let me out first. The tour guides made an effort to take all the best...

From Ilha Grande we took a 2 hour city bus to the coastal town of Paraty (Para-che). How to describe Paraty??... A small historic town with brightly colourd buildings, lots of cathedrals/churches on cobble streets. Veeerrryyy pretty. Our rooms were log cabins with lots of insence. Our hostel was situated on the beach (not a great beach) about 20 mins outside of town. Our group here were fantastic, we all clicked. On day one Le (she hates me calling her that hah...

We took a 4 hour bus journey followed by a 1.5 hour boat trip south of Rio to an Island called Ilha Grande (known as the big island). We missed out on being in rio for the announcement of rio getting the 2016 olympics by acouple of hours!!! Bummer. Ilha Grande is a beautiful island. There are no ATM's or cars on the island, simplicity!! Our hostel was called Che Lagarto and it was at the end of the beach. It was very romantically set, massive porch area with can...

Arrived in Rio at night after a not so bad flight. Saying goodbyes wasnt all that bad...good ol'hangovers!! After a day of adjusting and wondering along Copacabana beach in the rain we booked ourselves onto a tour. The tour included Corcovado (Christ Statue), Sugar Loaf cable car, Lapa steps, Maracana football stadium, a cathedral, a tour of where rio carnival starts (we tried on crazy carnival clothes) and lunch. Again it rained alday but was a good day. The ev...