David: Quick blog for yesterday... Went on a tour of Rio. We drove around collecting people before heading off to the Tijuca Forest. This is the largest urban forest in the world would ya believe!!! In the forest we visited a waterfall that used to provide water for the centre of Rio but now it just runs through to Ipanema beach. After this we drove on to the statue of Christ the Redeemer. The views from here were absolutely fabulous. You could see every inch o...

Just had our first day in Brazil. Its nice, the weather is a hot sticky version of Ireland in the summer, cloudy and spots of rain. It was about 28 earlier but there is a nice breeze from the sea so its lovely (have to get the weather out of the way). Went up the Sugar Loaf Mountain for a look around, the views were epic!!! The city is built in and around mountains and it just looks amazing how everything is squeezed in, with the skyscapers on the flats an...