After a little hesitation i decided to join sooz and the guys on the favella tour this morning. I had been a little undecided as i felt it was kind of wierd to go and just gorp at how the other half live,and thought it would make me uncomfortable,but this is what its all about, seeing the places we visit for what they really are, not just the tourist hotspots! It ended up being better than i had thought , they had there sunday market on which was wicked, just the...

Sooz and I took it easy this morning! We finally got out of the hostel at about 12ish, with the intention to wander to the lake,then up to the botanical gardens. Easier said than done! We walked through a park and sawsome turtles inthe lake sunning themselfs which was cute then wandered in the direction we thought the lace was - as you all are probably aware, my sense of direction is less than average and sooz is no better - needless to say we never made the lake...

Hi All! Here goes it with first blog entry of the trip! Well it's day two of our nine month plan, and so far so good! It has been amazing to say the least! After a mammoth flight from heathrow to Rio, we finally got to our hostel at around 11pm local time, which to me and sooz felt more like 3am!We stumbled into our dorm where we found two sleeping german girls - very strange just being able to walk into a room of sleeping people, however it's something im sure ...