We had hopes to wake up early but after a night if drinking whiskey the plan failed and the fact it had been raining all nights and morning didn't help. Poor Nia our hostel owner, she layed out a breakfast feast, but after seeing the kitchen day before the princess in me refused to have brekkie! With some hand actions we managed to explain we were too hangover and our tummies couldn't handle any food, when really we snuck of to the island bakery and stuffed our...

The backpacking official begins, since arriving in South America we haven't had to carry our backpacks, but today Im sure i will be cursig my 18kg bag. Super early morning start to catch a local bus (not a taxi :( ) to Rodoviara (bus terminal). The busses here have a barrier as you enter where you hve to pay the conductor, bit of a struggle squeezing through a tiny barrier with a huge backpack on. Of course the passengers on the bus just stare and watch in amu...