Unfortunately the weather wasn't forecasted to be that great but with a little sun in the morning we were optimistic. We took our things to the beach and then ended up booking a tour to Lopez Mendez beach which is considered to be one of the top ten most beautiful beaches in the world. We had to get a boat along the island and were dropped at the pier. We then had to walk along a 30 miniute trail in order to get to Lopez Mendez. It was quite slippy because of the...

Determined not to let the weather put a stop to things we arranged our transfer to Ihla Grande this morning. After a 5 hour journey we arrived at our hostel and were quickly back out again on the hunt for food! We ate a place recommended to us called 'kebab lounge' but we arrived before they had started serving their main menu and so were only able to get a wrap which didn't really fill much of a whole! We all got crepe after and went back to the hostel for a bit...

We arrived in Rio around 2pm and met Katy at the hostel. It was really lovely to see her! After checking in we headed to a mall to get some food. We found a buffet place and all ended up having really bizarre combinations of food. The price you paid depended on the weight of your food which was quite interesting. We then decided we hadn't quite had enough so we had frozen yoghurt with various chocolately toppings for an overpriced £5. It was worth it though. Aft...

We arrived in Iguaçu after a long journey on the bus and set off to find our hostel. We were very productive and managed to book our bus to Rio and set off for the falls on a local bus within an hour. The Iguaçu falls were amazing. There were a few animals around such as coaties and monkeys, and a butterfly hitched a ride on Eddy's shoulder. Because the weather was quite dull a lot of animals were in hiding. There were three different trails to complete. The f...

We were feeling rather delicate this morning as we found out the hostel cocktails are lethal! But we were determined to make it to the swedish embassy lunch we had been invited to so we got showered, made ourselves look pretty in our dresses and set off with Rob. The lunch included all you can drink wine but after one glass each Eddy and I had to switch to coca cola. We still had to drink the obligatory schnapps however. A sip or shot had to be drank every time t...