When you fall off your horse... We spent 3 nights in the Pantanal which is this MASSIVE (like phenomenally big) wetlands. There is basically the most diverse wildlife there ever! We got there 1st day and had an amazing buffet lunch of like beans and rice and meat and salad just really good food. Pleased with ourselves we got on a boat trip around the river there - saw HEAPS of birds. Im not kidding there were plenty! Obviously I dont really have an interest in...

I said Sao Paulo, but thats only because I remember driving through Sao Paulo on the way! We spent 2 days 2 nights completely on the road after Parati. Basically we woke up early, packed up the tents (in the extremely particular way Bella insists we do) and got on the bus. Bella and Heinz are really fussy about so many things and ´eveything on the bus has a place`... I dont care! I put the washing up bowls with the pots instead of the food and for some reason i...

Just to sum up my time in Parati, I met a pirate on my way back from the internet cafe that night! But he was dressed like none other than Captain Jack Sparrow! I got a photo dont worry :D The next day we did go on the boat trip - stunning surroundings and lots of stops to get off and swim. When the sun came out I was straight in the water, and after Portugal the water was pretty hot! It started raining on the way back so I just had a nap on the undercover part o...

Im in an internet cafe in Parati I pretty much conked out at that first hostel that night, but i got to know Adam and Angeline who were the couple who also booked the wrong hostel. Theyre doing an amazing honeymoon and are with me on the bus. The next day I took a walk along Botafogo and bought some Havainas (cant believe I went to Brazil without flipflops). I got some advice from some people I met at breakfast and found a mall. I then changed out of my trekki...

Ive arrived at the hostel (wrong one lol) and Im waiting for my welcome drink along with 2 people who will be on my tour and also made the same mistake. But rewind a bit Ive met some really funny people. This Turkish guy Can who joined my flight at Madrid, he doesnt even know where he´s going just kinda jumping flights. He said he wanted to study in Belo Horizonte Im not so sure but he kept laughing :) Did not sit with him on the flight! Ended up next to Omer...