Rio de Janiero… most people think this is the capital of Brazil!!! but it is not it is Brasilia! Flashing lights, high rise buildings and wonderful white sandy beaches… well yeah, sort of! We arrived in Copacabana which is the main beach resort of Rio, i think there is a song about it do you know it? We arrived safely after a long boat and bus ride, which took longer than getting to Ilha Grande and we had paid extra for an Express service! Oh well we walked...

The bus journey to Rio de Janiero was actually super, the bus was brilliant and had reclining seats. Would have been perfect if they had sorted out the videos every time to include English subtitles and that we didnt have to watch "Forest Gump" twice freezing at exactly the same point both times. Although the 28 hour journey gave us plenty of time to catch up on some much need sleep, Hana & I did find it hard to readjust our body clocks back to sl...

Well we are saying goodbye to our Hippy hostel today, goodbye to our chilled out environment and heading to Barra district for another different experience of Salvador Carnival. There are three main areas to Salvador Carnival, Historical center which is more about small group parades or performing on stages, Campo Grande which I believe is the original so therefore more locals attend the massive street parades and Barra the area we are heading to which is Grin...