We'd heard really bad things about Sao Paulo, people said it was really dangerous, there is nothing to do and that there's no point in going. But after spending just two days there we definitely have a different opìnion! It is completely a foodie heaven, and we soon realised we'll be eating our way round South America! We got there late at night so went straight to sleep after a rough bus ride, but got up nice and early for a full day of exploring (mostly eatin...

Arrived in Paraty after a scenic bus ride. Should have been an easy 10 minute walk to the hostel but with Beccy's incredible map reading skills it took us about an hour and a close encounter with some hungry looking stray dogs before we found it. The hostel was lush though, had a bar right on the beach looking out to the bay. We dumped our stuff and went to look around the cobbled streets of the old pretty town. Were enticed in by a samba band to one restaurant,...

Started the trip as we mean to go on and got invited to a party in Rio before we even got off the plane. Pretty sure overfriendly Pau was watching us sleep. Arrived in Rio to an amazing sunset and found our transfer to El Misti Copacabana. Dumped our stuff and headed straight to a bar on the beach where we definitely got drunk off two caipirihnas, must have been the heat.. or the beautiful man playing guitar at the bar. Soaked up the alcohol with lush seafood sal...