Tuesday 23rd April 2013 - The bus wasn't the top luxury we were expecting but it was comfy enough. We stopped at a service station, I wasn't sure how long they were going to give us but everyone seemed to be heading inside so I left nicki asleep and followed. On entrance they gave you a huge card with a bar code across it. I walked in and everyone was being served soup, I asked in English if this was free and everyone looked blankly at me. An English girl looked ...

Sunday 21st April 2013 - Well we arrived in São Paulo if not on time very close indeed. The journey had flown by. I didn't even have time to get my iPod out as I had already fallen asleep. The occasional stops really panic you because you wake up confused as to it being your stop or not. The São Paulo bus station is enormous its like an airport so when we arrived we were a bit slow getting anywhere. A quick toilet break and we were searching for the taxis. A la...

Thursday 18th April 2013 - Well as expected the bus journey took a little longer than we were advised. But regardless we didn't mind. We had booked the hostel misti chill and told them we will be there for 11pm so we were worried if anyone was going to be up at our arrival time - 1am. After a short taxi journey through the cobbled streets and over the humped bridge across the river we were happy to see plenty of people awake to greet us. The hostel is located rig...

Sunday 14th April 2013 - We landed in Rio and straight away as soon as we got off the plane were struck by that humid atmosphere and heat that everyone associates with stepping into a foreign place. This was so intense because the last week here has been continuos thunderstorms and rain, and it chose not to change on our behalf. To be fair the rain only came down in 2-3 showers through the day but the thick cloud hugged every peak we saw and attached itself to th...