This morning my alarm went off at 3am. Holy cow... I honestly feel like I haven't had any sleep what so ever. Then again, I've only had 2hrs sleep. For anyone who doesn't really know me, than it might be a good time I point out that I actually need a minimum of 8 hrs sleep a day inn order to be bright and chirpy!! All I can say it's going to be a long day for everyone who is travelling with me today!!! At 4am I received the first of two wake up calls that Gl...

This morning after breakfast we were picked up for our first tour of the day. We travelled the short distance through the beach side suburbs of town, to get to the largest fevela in Rio. A fevela is essentially a shanty town, often found on the steep rock mountain sides and is where the poorer class of people in Rio live. Whilst you may see poverty yes, you do not see a terrible quality of life. In fact these people can quite often be seen on the streets talk...

How surreal! This morning we visited Christ the Redeemer. We were picked up from our hotel at 8am and made our way through some pretty heavy traffic in night rider. Our journey eventually stopped at the train station, where an electric train would ferry us up to one of the most famous statues in the world. As we got off the bus, Fernando's parting words to us, thank goodness it's not raining. Now at work we have this thing, do not mention the quiet word, bec...

This morning I met my small amazon tour group of 5 for breakfast, and what a delicious buffet breakfast it was too!!! Soon this little group of 5 will no longer be..... as this afternoon our group of 5 will increase in numbers to 40. So we made the most of it whilst we could!! We decided that as a group we would walk down to Leblon in search of a shopping centre and supermarket. We were all feeling a bit vulnerable after yesterday being left with no food. Esse...

This morning we had the option of meeting at 6am for bird watching or having a sleep in. We all elected to have a sleep in. Yesterday was a long busy day, the lure if a sleep in was far to enticing!! We met for breakfast, and left straight from there to again walk through the amazon to reach an orchid garden. There were so many orchid varieties hanging from trees, from fences and on the ground. The large majority of them were not in bloom, however there were...