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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
17th Feb 2012
Let the blogs commence............
After a succession of leaving do's we had our last two nights in Blighty with Kev and San. It was a little oasis before the big day.
Kev dropped us at the airport and we checked in smoothly. A small breakfast followed by a pint and we were ready to fly. Our aircraft was a Boeing 777 with no annoying passengers . Our captain was James Hill. Funny how they never call themselves Jim !!!
12 hours is a long time on ...