DAY 20 - OUR FINAL WEEK OF OUR DREAM WORLD TRIP!! Why Rio to end? When we first realised that with Ads going back to work only a few days after we landed home and the fact that we were both shattered from the year, we knew that the last 9-10 days needed to give us some serious R&R!! It sounds bad saying that after a year off of work but as other travellers that have done the year hog will know, the continuous travel, moving places, living out of bags and hour...

Day 19 -Our FINAL bus to our FINAL destination, RIO DE JANERIO!! The next day it was our FINAL long distance bus and boy was I relieved!! By now Ads had had enough of them too, soon we will count how many / how many hours and I expect in the year we have done hundreds in number and god knows how many hours................ must be in he thousands at least!! Our final bus was cool though, semi cama, free newspaper, drink and snacks but then it was the second most e...

Day 18 - Flight back to Sao Paulo over the 'Meeting of the Waters' and the Amazon Jungle! Jose kindly gave us a free lift back to the airport, such a lovely guy, then this time the flight for me wasn't too bad and it was incredible to fly over the meeting of the waters from such a height and see the many twists and turns in the many jungle rivers as we flew over the Amazon. We will be back for sure!! Once in Sao Paulo, it was a taxi ride to our hotel which on che...

Day 3 - Our final day! Sunrise over the Amazon and a rubber factory! At 5.30am we opted to get up to see sunrise, blimey we were shattered! It was worth it though as he headed out into the Amazon to see the early bird life, watch more dolphins swimming and see the sunrise over the Amazon, unforgettable is all I can say. Then rather tired we headed back for breakfast, our final Amazon experience was to visit a rubber factory, well factory being a loose term, more ...