Brazil/ Rio Woke up mid afternoon to a racket outside the hotel, went down with the guys to investigate, it was a float. Carnival had well and truly begun! Downstairs was great, we went out on to the streets and everyone was dancing, singing, drinking and partying. Lots of fun. We ambled along the closed off streets along copacabana, had a few beers and went for some food. The atmosphere was vibrant and fun, Rio was out for a party. The meal was eaten in a...

Brazil/ Rio. Magic Ball Rio was fun, if at any point it sounds like I wasn't having fun I was, it was a blast. For that week we were in the party capital of the world and we were going to nail it and have as much fun as humanly possible. For our wedding present, Elliot, Saskia, and El's brother, mother, aunty and Jose all bought our tickets for a night at the world famous Copacabana Palace, for the Magic Ball. It is the social highlight of the year for peo...

Brazil/ Paraty Brazil is expensive, it is ridiculously expensive. Food, drinks, hotels, clothes, haircuts, taxis, everything. It is frustratingly expensive, a beer more expensive than London, a meal more than Paris and London. It was three times more than Buenos Aries, and it was starting to bug me. We got to Paraty and it was raining, really raining, like the world was ending. So we checked in and went to the first pub we saw. Four draft beers £4, not ev...

Brazil / Ilha GrandeInitial thoughts of BrazilIt is expensiveIt was rainingIt is expensiveThey should learn Spanish, it would make it easier.It was raining One day until Elliot and Saskia arrive We woke up early the next day and it was off to Brazil, and back on a massive bus journey. 30 hours on the bus from iguaczu to rio was long and boring, we didn't have the luxury of the flat beds so it was an uncomfortable ride. Through brazil we travelled and it rained ...