Yo We have now successfully moved on from Rio to the lovely coastal town of Paraty. Our hostel overlooks a beautiful sandy beach and the sun has been in full flow since we arrived. Our four hour bus journey was easy and the air conditioning was a god send because it was very hot. Packing beforehand was not so easy, but I got there in the end (Mike had already packed the night before, but I prefer to live life on the edge! Haha) The night before our Rio departu...

Hey gang, How's tricks? Hope you are all well. Since the last blog we've been up to a fair few things. We (James) successfully navigated our way on the Rio underground to the city centre where we popped in on a cathedral - there are places like these all over the place what with Brazil being a pretty religious country, but this was one of the major ones. It didnt look a typical cathedral from the outside but it made up for it on the inside with these massive st...

Hola all, Just thought we'd update you all on the happenings since last time. We went to the Maracana football stadium to see the final between Flamengo and Botafogo, which was pretty intense. Around 83,000 attendees, which was a site to see and hear - pictures to follow. We were chanting away cheering on both sides at one point. The next day we were pretty lazy and went to the beach for a few hours where Smole opted to go and swim/drown in the sea after swallo...

Hi!! We have successfully made it to Rio! We had a good flight, except Mike couldn't fall asleep, and there was plenty of food. But when we arrived our airport pick-up didn't pick-up! Good old Renato helped us and we made it to our hostel in a nice bright yellow taxi. We have done a fair bit of walking today in Rio and along the Copacabana beach. The weather was 28 degrees at its peak, which was high enough for us Brits. We are hoping that the temperature has c...