Met my tour group and there are 15 of us. 9 girls and 6 guys ranging from 18 to 32 comprising English(Tom, Dove), Welsh (Sally), Scottish (Tina, Frazer and Mhairi), German(Julia), Australian (Julia), American (Stacey), New Zealand (Damian, Jonathan and Mark) Kenyan (Kunal) and Malaysian (Hooi). All lovely and we have clicked really well. Christian is our tour leader. He is Chilean, a bit of a hippy and loves to party!! We went to a buffet style restaurant on ...

Arrived in Rio after a 12 hour flight. Hotel nice and friendly staff. Day 1: Woke up at 5am as still on Irish time! Had most of my sightseeing done by 11am! Rio is a very catholic city and its tourist attractions include numerous churches, statutes and religious monasteries. The newest monastery is a cone shaped structure with ornate stained glass windows which can hold up to 22,000 people I'm not so sure a football game could be played here though!)Next stop ...