So I promised to keep you all posted on my whereabouts/goings on/adventures throughtout my travels so here we are, my first blog entry...feel free to stop reading at any point (not that you need telling) as I always find these things boring/way too long and waffly. So, stop 1 of our travel Rio de Janerio... It´s is a mental city, the stories you hear aren´t exaggerated or dramatised, this place really is crazy, the people are lovely and the partying is const...

Heya Everyone, Just a quickie to let you all know I'm ok :-). After a lovely 11 and 1/2 hour flight and a 40 min taxi ride we arrived at the Rio Backpackers Hostel in Copacabana at 23:00 local time (01:00 UK time). Hostel is ok, free wifi (always a bonus), which I'm using now :-), but it's on the most hilariously steep hill I've ever seen...the taxi couldn't drive up it!! Plans for today are beach and roaming... Hope everyone is well. Lots of love, ciao (or ...