What should have been a one way 12 hour bus journey turned into two seperate bus rides of close to 19 hours from Rio to Florianpolis via Curitiba. We caught a locaal bus to our hostel - Tucano hostel which was on the other side of the town. The hostel was voted the best hostel in Brazil in 2010 and we understood why when we got there. It was beautifully laid out with a pool and bar area as we walked in with a communal lounge, dining area and kitchen at the back. ...

The intention for this blog was to update it every week or two with our goings on... As it happens we are only 5 days in and we are already overloaded with stories of amazing places and awesome people so we are gonna have to do it more frequently so we dont forget anything or anyone. Our flight to Brazil was Loooooooong. Johannesburg - London (5 hour lay over), London - Madrid (6 hour lay over), Madrid - Sao Paulo. Needless to say we were both completely zonked ...