Just about to leave the hostel i ve been calling home and have a nights relative luxury in the hotel santa clara, this is the meeting point for my tour. Tomorrow we set off, time for a change. Rios been great but im ready to set off and see a little more of the world.

Hey there. Been having a few easy cheap days in preperation for my tour. Mostly lazing about on the beach and getting afew things sorted such as laundry. The weather heres been lovely and i ve been making the most of it, sitting on the beach and reading. The waves here are crazy! like a bomb going off or something. Got a nice new memory stick 1g and a card reader to sort my phots out, this is one of my shots from the christ statue. Amazing views. Think im going t...

Hey there, still been keeping busy and reasonably active in Rio, got another 6 days before i tour sets off. I ve stayed in the same hostel as its great and the people are all so friendly. A bunch of english lads have moved into my dorm and they re pretty good fun. Yesterday i hiked up a big mountain/huge rock thing in the Tujuca national forest. It took about 4 and a half hours up and down and involved some rock clibing/scrambling. When we got to the top we ha...

Still going strong in Rio. Been filling my days with some really great stuff. Today i went hanggliding over the city and the jungles and then landed on the beach. It was amazing, beautiful views and birds flying next to you, really weird feeling. I've been up sugar loaf on the cable cars shown in the picture and saw some crazy little monkeys and again fantastic views. Went to another football game at the americana last night. It was Flamenco a local team and the ...

Settled in nicely in Rio, the hostels great and the peoplke are really nice. Made a few good friends. Been up to the statue and the views are incredible. Man kinds huge inpression on the landscape amist the huge natural phenomina. Huge granite mountains like a torpedo. Been relaxing on the beaches a bit and reading a fair bit. the suns come out with a vengance and i have burnt my back and legs a bit! no biggy though. Planning on hiking sugar loaf soon, the big...