I was so excited for everything we had planned for the day and it was extremely hot and sunny making it a pleasant early start. We successfully managed to get the public bus to Cosme Velho to make our way up to the Christ the Redeemer Statue situated at the very top of Corcovado Mountain, overlooking Rio. It all seemed too easy as we got off the bus and a van pulled up straight away asking us if we wanted to go up - so we hopped in and oh my goodness the views...

After one of the most hungover mornings I have ever experienced we moved from our hostel in Lapa to our new hostel in Copacabana called Walk on the Beach Hostel. Both Liv and I already felt beaten by Brazil, but really I guess it just goes to say that the older you get the less able you are to function on a hangover - and the less able I am to handle my alcohol apparently! We went for lunch at this really lovely Cafe and had huge focaccia sandwiches before head...

We set off early for a day of being tourists and doing lots of sightseeing. Firstly we did our own city walk heading into Centro Rio, passing loads of churches, the Arcos and the one cathedral shaped like a volcano which looked like space mountain from the outside and not like a religious building whatsoever! After a few hours of wandering around central Rio we walked up to Santa Teresa, via the famous Escardaria Selaron (Selaron Steps) which is a stairway consis...

I touched down in London Heathrow which a felt very very strange. It had been cheaper and easier for me to book South America on a completely different ticket to South America, leading to me having a 5 hour transfer in London before heading off to Brazil. This also meant that Liv was able to book onto the same flight as me to Rio, which was great! My mum met me as I arrived in Heathrow and we went for a lovely breakfast at Carluccio's - such a treat to have smo...

My final day in Asia and I was so sad to be leaving. I had breakfast and sunbathed all day with Shannon and Caroline, two girls who I'd been with for the past few days who were staying in my dorm at Blue Corner. The weather was perfect and this was the hottest day I'd had in Nusa since arriving. I got chatting to a guy named David and we found out that he had heard all about me before I'd arrived on the island and it was only once he added me on Facebook that w...