Our first rainy day in Brazil. And boy did it rain. Hard. All day. Just like any beach paradise in the rain there isnt anything to do! Fortunately following the creepy man to his pousada paid out big style as our room had a DVD player and there was a DVD library, which we worked our way through! Nothing much to tell other than that! The following day was a nice day so we made the decision to stay one more night. So we headed back to lopez mendez beach camera in ...

So Ihla grande....... After an early start in rio and a reasonably long bus journey we arrived in Angra dos Reis to glorious sunshine! The only problem with such heat was the fact that we had to walk for 20mins with our backpacks to catch the ferry out to Ilha Grande. Very sweaty work. Once we eventually got on the ferry Rory realised he had left the guide book in the bank in town. After some very rudimentary portuguese and a nervous wait as I sat on the boat and...

Been away from a computer for a few days so have some catching up to do on this thing! On sunday we had the most amazing experience at the football! A full house at the biggest stadium in Brazil, the Maracana, for the replay of the final of the state championship between Flamengo and Botafogo with the first game tied 2-2. As you can imagine the atmosphere was electric with flares, huge flags and banners, chanting and fireworks! The game itself was fairly poor unt...