Hi Everyone, On the 18th got up really early and went up to see the ¨Christ the Reedeemer¨ statue at Corcovado in Rio. What a view of the city, got some great snaps and will post them later/soon. then midday off to the bus station for a 4 hour bus to a place called Parathi - old colonial town about 4 hours south of Rio. Stayed there overnight and got up early to stroll along the beaches, litterally 100´s of them and all just like picture postc...

Rio De Janeiro - Hi everyone. I turned up in Rio on the Thursday night at about 8pm, getting off the flight it was absolutely pouring down with rain and quite cold compared to Lima. My first impressions were of a dark city and the reading on the plane didn't help, stating that out of all the cities in S America it was Rio that had the worst crime rate and even a just a few years ago the average number of murders in the city were 700.My impressions didn't get any ...

Thursday 15th November - Hello everyone, just a really quick blog note to say that after travelling all day, had to fly via Santiago in Chile because of the One World Alliance partner here is LAN, finally arrived in Rio De Janeiro. Its about 9pm and just got to my small hotel which is right in the centre of Rio in a district called St Theresa.Its a hilly place between sugar loaf mountain and the big statue of Christ. Although at this time of night I cant see anyt...