So here we are, in Porto Alegre. The last stop in Brazil has come to an end, in an hour we will leave to take the bus to Iguazu Falls. So some conclusion, about this beautiful and enormous country should be written. Florianopolis turned out to be a paradise on earth, a place where time disappears and you could easily stop for years without even noticing. Our hostel was more then excellent, and so were truly nice all the people we met there too. It was all beach, ...

And greetings from the sunny Florianopolis. Finally on time, we will share something about the past two days we have spend in a beautiful place called Barra da Lagoa. The sun is finally working - after Ipanema we were left pure white so we assume more south you go, the better will the sun be. Well, it might also have something to do that we abandod our 50 uvb - uva sunlotion and decided to stay on light 30. This said, we both woke up sunburned this morning. Right...

So, it has been a long time, but we survived the Carnival of Rio. It is difficult to think where to begin but I will try to do my best. The Carnival in Rio in a strange mixture of italian carnival parade, with the rhytms of african influenced Samba, but everything is bigger and fancier, parties are simple but yet wild. No borders are crossed - Brazil still remains a catholic country even though it has a wild reputation. Finnish midsummer or every weekend in Icela...

So, something more about our fabulous week in the promised city of Rio de Janeiro. We were hosted by three very very very nice boys, who were great hosts in everything, but they didnt party with us because they had to study. So, we had our time, found a lot of new friends and conquested the city on our own. The first afternoon when we showed up in the city, we got to know how lovely brasilian taxi drivers can be, which means we paid triple amount of money in orde...

So here we are, at last, in Brazil. Seen from a car window, it seems very much like Italy. Some differences what so ever, have already been found. We got here yesterday evening, and found the hostel we booked was the right choise. It is very homie, very relaxed and everybody seems to be like a big family. We havent hanged around much in two; there was a party waiting for us when we got here, so we made friends straight away with other fellow travelers. Even tho...