Today is our last day in Brazil and we spent it on Copacabana Beach. Now for the boring bits: We have travelled: 92 miles by car; 10 miles by speedboat; 40 miles by canoe; 1500 miles by banana boat; 1685 miles by aeroplane; 180 miles by service bus (which took only 2 hours!); 3 miles by motorbike; 950 miles by coach; 3 miles by tram (up Corcovado Mountain); 1 mile by cable car (up Sugarloaf); 20 miles by Metro. We have eaten: 210 bread rolls; 20 pa...

This morning we caught the bus to Leblon and walked around the lake which was very nice. We then decided to take our lives in our hands and walk from Leblon to Copacabana Beach. Now you would think that as there is a pavement all the way that this would be the safe option but oh no not in Rio! In Rio it would seem that cars have right of way on pavements as well as roads. You can be happily walking along enjoying the scenery when out of nowhere a car will mount t...

Nick decided yesterday that he would like to go see a football match whilst we were in Brazil and on checking we found out that Flamengo one of the top teams was playing a friendly this afternoon. I thought it would be a good idea to let Nick make all the arrangements as it was his idea. In true Nick fashion we set off late to catch the Metro (the Rio Metro has 2 lines - we caught the wrong one) which made us even later. When we got there I find we are not at the...

Found an amazing beach this morning at the foot of Sugar Loaf. It was a tiny bay surrounded by the forest covered mountains. The only downside was it had signs everywhere saying no swimming however this did not deter the Brazilians or Nick from having a dip! Went up Sugarloaf in the afternoon and stayed to watch the sunset over Rio. The trip has inspired us to watch Moonraker tonight, if we can manage to hear it above the Lava Lounge disco below us that is. The B...

Had an early start today to go up Corcovado Mountain to see Christ the Redeemer. Had done some research on buses we could catch beforehand and set off at a brisk pace. Realised after 5 minutes we had not checked which direction we needed to get the bus at so ended up lost for about an hour. Still got to the mountain by 9 am and managed to get a ticket for the 9.30am tram up the mountain. The views from the top and the statue were spectacular. Went for a walk to C...