Brazil > São Paulo Hey everyone, Ok, so the only reason we stopped off in São Paulo was to break up our journey from Paraty to Iguaçu - having never been on a bus for more than 40mins and with my ridiculous travel sickness that erupts at the sight of a coach, was enough to want to make the pit-stop. The bus we booked was pretty luxury and so the 6hrs flew by. The transition from bus station to our hostel was, although at the time we were unaware, the star...

Brazil > Paraty Typically the sun was bursting early in the day as we were preparing to leave Ilha Grande. As we were short on cash (there are no ATMs on the island) we decided to take the local ferry which took 2hrs to reach Angra, from here we jumped on a local bus almost immediately as we had no idea of how long the second part of the journey would take. Another 2 hours later and we got off at Paraty Bus Station. Within the first 5mins I was hassled by some...

Brazil > Rio > Ilha Grande Olá everyone! Ok, so since leaving Rio, it has been a lot easier for us to sum up our experience there; fantastic beaches, amazing weather, a buzzing atmosphere, a huge divide between rich and poor, vendors who sell the best corn on the cob and certainly a place to keep your valuables out of sight (we heard of one poor guy staying at the hostel the same time as us, who was mugged 4 times in one day. Now that's bad luck). The vi...

Brazil > Rio > Copacabana Beach Our flight went exactly as planned. So far, so good. We arrived to be greeted by numerous pick-up services but not a single one was waving a card around with our name on it. After being hassled by local Brazilians with a passion to rip tourists off, a very kind man rang our hostel to inform them that we had arrived - a long conversation later confirmed it, no pick up for us. I thought 3 confirmation emails would be enough, I ...