Well what can we say we have met our group - what a crowd! All sorts of nationalities and all sorts of personalities! Everyone speaks English though which is good for us but feel really ignorant because some of them speak about 3 languages! We arrived on Ilha Grande, an Island just off the coast of Brazil, it´s lush! The beaches are gorgeous and the scenery is amazing - still doesn´t feel real. First night here we all went for a drink with the new crew a...

We´ve finally made it! After the 14 hour flight we are finally here in Rio :-) we had to put our clocks back four hours so when we arrived we had a full day ahead of us. We took a tour around Rio to see all the sites, Christ The Redeemer, Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Maracana Stadium (Brailian Football Ground) We also went to the museum where they keep the costumes for Rio Carnival which was good. The weather has been dissapointing today very dark and rainny ...