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Tom:
We´re back in the tropics for our final destination, and it´s a stunner! We´ve only seen Rio de Janeiro for a few hours at night and already it´s pretty much blown our minds. We had great views of Christ the Redeemer (photo) from the taxi as we headed to our hostel in Ipanema from the bus terminal. We´ve already blanked out the last two days spent on a bus, more specifically 12 hours from Montevideo to Porto Alegre and a further 29 hours from there to Rio, and the fact that we have no more bus journeys is making us both incredibly happy. Unfortunately these journeys are the way forward if you´re gonna travel cheaply in South America, but that doesn´t stop it from really sucking. We´ve just had enough of it. I´ll let you know how many hours in total we´ve spent on South American buses but it´s definately well over 100 hours. Anyway, enough moaning. Tomorrow we´re going to 1) buy havianas; 2) check Rio out by day; and 3) go to the beach - all hopefully without being mugged. Anyway blog soon. TY
Nil:
The bus journey was excruciating, but as Tom said, we´ve already started blanking out the pain - that´s what a shower and a change of clothes will do for you! So, Rio. We made it!! This is the final destination of our trip and we´ve physically made it around the world, and most importantly, we´ve done it without killing each other! We´re looking forward to exploring the city tomorrow, and I´m sure we´ll have plenty to tell after we get our bearings. Much love to everyone at home. Only 6 days and we´ll be back annoying the hell out of you!xxx
P.S. We wanted to wish Anita (Tom´s mum) a very happy birthday for the 13th (technically it´s the 13th already back home). Cannot wait to celebrate with you when we touch down. Lots of love xxxxx
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