We were rudely awaken from our extremely comfortable night bus to be told we were in sao paulo an hour before we expected at around 5am in the morning. As we wanted to leave for iguaçu falls the next day we decided to stick around for the ticket booths to open and book our seats. We had been told they opened at 6am but as that came and went we were told that they opened at 8! So after a few more hours we finally managed to get our seats out for the next night...

So after 12 crazy nights in Rio it was time to move on. Like every other backpacker who spent carnaval in Rio, we were joining the exodus and heading south to a tropical island a couple of hours from Rio. Ilha Grande is a mountainous island covered in tropical jungle with lots of fantastic beaches. We had a bit of a job finding somewhere to stay and ended up in a tented campsite which probably wasnt the best choice but it was hot and we were tired. On the plus si...

So we made it back toi Rio with a couple of days before Carnaval started and before Michelle arrived. After our budget overnight bus from ouro preto we chilled at the famous cococabana and ipanema beaches for a couple of days, hoping to top up our tans and look a little less British, still working on that one! It didnt take long for the partying to kick in and we found ourselves in a club in Ipanema where women dont have to pay and men do, that seemed fair to us ...

We finally made it to Brasilia after a gruelling 17 hour bus journey which actually wasnt as bad as we thought it might be. We decided to get a taxi to the hostel which would later prove to be a very wise move as what looked like a short walk took us an hour and that was without our oversized backpack! We were a bit worried when the taxi stopped at what looked more like a deserted army camp than a hostel but apparently we were at the the right place. The hostel w...

We finally made it to Brazil leaving the snow of England behind us for the hot humid 30 degree climate of Rio. It was an epic journey which saw us wait over 2 and a half hours to check in our bags even after checking in online. Getting more nervous as we stood in the never moving line as the time drew nearer to the scheduled departing time of our flight, which left us legging it to passport control only to find out our flight has been delayed, something they coul...