So our third night in Rio has fast approached us, and I have a feeling the next 2 weeks are going to absolutely fly by. Arrived on Monday evening to 23 degree heat and a real wake up call to no one speaking english! Had the most fantastic taxi journey from the airport to the Hostel by a guy who only spoke portugese and watched brazilian soaps as he was driving along- most often with no hands on the wheel! But he was still fantastic and got us right outside our ho...

So injections have been given, clothes bought, and cars sold... 18 months ago all this was just a pipeline, as a group of friends at university in Liverpool we decided to book a round the world ticket on a bit of a whim. And now we have 10 days until our flight leaves with no return date set! Our conversations at the moment are revolving around what to take... who is going to carry an epilator or the straighteners or a hairdryer, we are probably much too worried...