Hi all, It is our final morning in Rio before we head off on our tour. We met up with all the others on our tour last night, they all seem nice. There are two couples from Australia, one from New Zealand and some lads from Coventry! It has all been going well, we went to Corcovada to see Christ the Redeemer which was amazing and yesterday we went up Sugar Loaf mountain on the cable car. We will try and put some photos up! We may not be in touch for a few day...

Hello all! We successfully arrived in Rio on the 2nd and were greeted with brilliant sunshine and a nice warm temp (32 degrees C). We spent our first day walking along Copacabana and drinking coconuts! Yesterday we walked for miles along Ipanema beach and through the open air market. There were lots of interesting things, lots of paintings and jewellery. There was also lots of tat! We spent last night on Copacabana where there were lots of street parties and...