Sorry same pic as still haven´t had a chance to upload mine. Also to be honest Paraty isn´t too far away from Ilha Grande so it sort of counts. It took a couple of hours to get to Paraty and when we arrived at the bus stop we randomnly saw one of the guys who worked at the hostel we had booked and he showed us how to get there. We passed through the old colonial town which was built by freemasons and is a reminder of the time when Paraty was booming due it be...

I can't believe we've been here for a month already. At the time of writing this I was in Paraty sat on a sofa overlooking the sea, it was raining and I was sharing the sofa with a huge dog (who didn't smell too great). From our hostel in Rio the last time I wrote, we were heading to Ilha Grande with four others from our hostel. We all got a transfer together there and picked up five others from various other hostels in Rio which managed to take 2 hours. It was ...

Photos for this blog http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163223&l=d55c0&id=510960219 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163249&l=58725&id=510960219 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163260&l=3e205&id=510960219 These blog images don´t really have any relevance to my blog but still not had a chance to download any photos and I have been clicking away like a Japanese tourist. Anyway, I wrote this blog at 6am on the back of a sam...

Photos for this blog http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163223&l=d55c0&id=510960219 I keep meaning to write this but then something really good happens or I get chatting to someone really interesting and it gets put to one side. We're now in Salvador da Bahia (although leaving tonight) after an epic 33 hour bus journey but more on that later. Last time I wrote we were heading off for a night out in Rio to a place called Lapa, with lots of other hos...

Photos for this blog http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=162082&l=61d85&id=510960219 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=162096&l=721d2&id=510960219 Thought I should at least write something as been here for a couple of days now! Plane was fine, took us 14 hours in total so pretty shattered when we got here but once we got out the airport the sun was shining and so all was ok again! It´s winter here and apparently unseasonably warm (well ...