I managed to get a few hours sleep on the flight after watching two films, it felt really strange when we arrived in Portugal as it was almost lunch time but still felt like early morning. We got a taxi to the hotel which was only pretty close so took about 10-15 mins which was great! The hotel took our luggage and advised us we could check in as soon as a room was available. We sat on the roof terrace which was cute but pretty small, the pool was absolutely free...

Our last day in Brazil! We had a really lazy morning, after breakfast I went to the gym then we packed up the rucksacks! It was the start of the World Cup in Russia so we watched the opening ceremony & the first game between Russia v Saudi Arabia. We checked out of the room then sat in the bar for a late lunch it was really surreal that the big trip was coming to an end but first we were flying back to Europe! We got to the airport pretty early & organise...

We had an early pick up from the hotel so we just had a quick coffee then waited for our tour rep in reception the coach journey was just over an hour up the coast away from the city. The weather was much brighter & as we drove further north the beaches were more & more like paradise! Our first stop was at a beautiful place called Praia do Forte. Praia do Forte has been nicknamed the Brazilian Polynesia. We visited the endangered sea turtles at Projeto Ta...

Another lazy morning we were finding it hard slowing down because we have got used to being non stop on the trip. The weather wasn’t the best so we had a few hours by the pool then decided to go into the historic centre & see if the drummers were performing today as it was a Tuesday which is the main day for them. We got a taxi to the Bay Area it was really run down & some locals were even washing underneath an overflow pipe next to some shabby building...

An early morning start for me at the gym, enjoying getting back into it which I didn’t think I would. I’ve tried to go for a run or to the gym whenever I could and to be honest I’ve done pretty well! We had breakfast then a few hours by the pool, there were quite a lot of mosquitoes around so we both kept getting bites appearing from nowhere & really swelling up! We got a taxi to Praia do Barra which was the beach area just on the harbour of Salvador, t...