New update from Rio - we´re half way through our stay in Rio, so thought Id give an update before Carnival begins because thats going to be madness! OK! So we arrived in Rio last week to a hostel called Lemon Spirit which was so lovely, nice change to one of our hostels in Ilha Grande! We then stayed there for 5 nights and met such a nice bunch of people. So our first night we just chilled out and ate about 10 million tuns of beaf from the bbq which wa...

Hello from Rio! Right! As this is the first time I have been able to get on the internet for a decent amount of time I am going to try and relay the last 2 weeks in as much detail as I can! So....first stop SAO PAULO We were greeted by Sians old Nanny Jana and taken back to stay at her amazing house in Villa Madelana - which is a nice upmarket artsy area in Sao Paulo - not really travelling ville but very nice for us to stay in for 5 days!!! We were taken out...