I didnt realise it had been so long since Id done a blog! Hopefully you have seen that Ive added a few new albums of photos and finished uploading the inca trail pics. Since my last post we have visited the Christ the Redeemer statue, spectacularly perched on top of the mountain, and Sugar Loaf mountain which I have to say offered one of the best views I have every seen. Rio does seem to have it all blue skies, a backdrop of mountains, fantastic golden beaches...

Goodness me I leave you guys unattended for a couple of days and all hell breaks loose!! I know, I know, I want to finish uploading the Inca trail pics and then take some others (!) but Im just a bit loathe to take my camera out where its likely to get half inched. Arrived in Rio yesterday afternoon and barrelled up to our hotel thinking oo this is all very nice :) The receptionist said - and now you need to pay the other 50% of the room bill. Turns out Stella ha...

Aw hello guys, all my lovely readers.. We had a sunny day! Its was lovely and the sun made the island look absolutely beautiful. But then the clouds regrouped and today there has been more rain. An aussie girl managed to raise us from our stupor on the sofa and we went with one of the reggae band menbers (they love reggae here) from our hostel to a waterfall. The coffee at breakfast mustve kicked in cos I agreed to swim in the very cold pool and stand under ...

This will give you guys a laugh. Its raining on the beach. My beach bag includes a pac a mac! Beth and I found an idyllic beach and had a little lay on it for o maybe half an hour before it began the rain. Really really hoping that it improves cos we are staying here regardless! This island apparantely has 100 beaches so I think on the cards will be chartering a boat to explore a few, maybe do a bit of snorkelling. Scuba at this stage seems a bit too much l...

I apologise that this photo is from Rio, I am not in Rio, Im in Sao Paulo but if you think im getting my camera out here and taking a photo you have got to be kidding! Stella and I just walked the two block radius around our hotel and once again I stick out like a sore thumb, tourist, tourist, money, money!! We have been advised not to speak loudly on the streets so that people dont hear the english and know that we are foreign! Scary. Anyway so we are stayin...