David: Bit behind schedule since we have been on a tropical island for the last few days and I didn´t feel like going writing... Anyway, third day in Rio we decided we should spend a day at the beach. Had the usual breakfast (ham and cheese rolls and fruit) and headed off down to Ipanema on the Subway (very safe and easy to use btw) The beach is about 500metres from the subway station so we grabbed some water in a shop and off we went. Since it was a thursday...

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...