So after some dancing in the street samba style, singing ´copa-copa-cobana´ along... you guessed it... the Copacobana and a crazy brazlian local derby footie match at the Maracana we busted out of the city and into paradise! After a shaky start with city life we ended up loving Rio and were really sad to leave the craziness of hundreds of brazilians dancing to the sound of a few beats of a drum in the street, the amazing beauty of the coastline, the beach hot...

Boa Noite! Since visiting Christ we have been up and about getting to grips with city life! Tuesday evening we sampled the delights of a live Reggea band night in Lapa, landing ourselves a free CD - so now Sven can perfect some of the dance moves he picked up (and they dont involve the German hand movements - yey!!) As yesterday was still a sunny day we headed down to Ipanema beach for a sunbathe amongst the brazilian hotties! Yes boys the bikini's were smal...

Ola from Rio!! So after a 14 hour flight we touched down in Brazil and made our way to the hostel safely and in good spirits despite being ultra tired and enduring a rather ropey taxi journey. (we think the drivers here have a competition to see how many times they can change lanes in one outing!). Good old Flavio (our taxi man) dropped us right to the hostel door, after Sven and him tried to muddle a conversation together as we passed the Favela's and a small ...

TODAY'S THE DAY!! We leave in about 8.5 hours - first destination - Rio in Brazil! We have had a lovely last week, seeing friends, partying and saying our goodbyes! Sven and I topped the week off by going to Bournemouth beach yesterday afternoon for some good old english fish and chips - was AMAZING (we will miss it!) and then spent the evenings with mum, dads and partners! It has been fantastic - thanks to all that were a part of it! We will let you know th...

Its only 5 days now before we leave, so time for our first diary entry... Thought it only appropriate to start by detailing where it is we`re actually going!Full details (for the parentals) are below, but for a quick over view of all countries we plan to visit (including across land) destinations are as follows: Route: London Heathrow - *fly* - Brazil - Argentina - Bolivia - Peru - Chile - *fly* - New Zealand - *fly* - Fiji - *fly* - Australia - *fly* - Singapo...