30th August 2007 So we got up this morning and got a taxi to the bus terminal around 11am. Grabbed a hotdog and just sat and chatted really til our bus departed at 12.40pm. Arrived into Rio around 6.30pm ish and got a taxi down to Botafogo which cost 30 Reais around 8pounds. and we arrived at 'Tupiniquim Hostel' which is quite hippy. Its very cold and there is no roof on most of the hostel, so hope it doesn't rain! The lights are all fluorescent and its very lou...

28th August 2007 Today we got up and checked out of our hostel, had breakfast and got a taxi pickup to the airport at 9.30am. It was quite a scary ride, he was snaking in and out of traffic, and i made sure we had our seatbelts on! After last nights episode. Flight into Sao Paulo took just over 2 hrs. We got a buttie on the plane, which makes a change from a manky meal. Arrived and picked up our bags. Having not booked any accommodation we headed to Tourist Info...