Well we have moved onto our next location - Parati! Slightly more beautiful that Rio! (I will add photos soon once I find a computer that seems to accept them!) This place has a real european feel to it. We are staying in the historical part of the town - its just so pretty! We arrived at a really good time as Parati is in the middle of a festival - there is loads of stalls (slightly dangerous for me as I do like the odd necklace or pair of earrings!) and live mu...

Hi Everyone!!! So the journey has begun...finally! We arrived in Rio on Wednesday morning and it was already hot you'll all be glad to know back in Britain, you lucky things! Our hostel is pretty basic but it is only two blocks from Copacabana beach and the centre of Copacabana itself you we cant really complain! The people we are sharing with are great so its been a good laugh so far! Since we've been here we've been on Copacabana and Ipanema beaches whi...