Waking up recaping the night before and no hangover : ) Today's a chill out day, roam around the historic town, try and get our head stuck into lonely planet book! It's beach party night again! Except this time it was a gay and lesbian bar Finally got a decent cappucino, after the not so great filter coffee in hostels. You would think in Brazil a good cup of coffee would be easy to find. Quote of the day: "Period in a pot" "I want to be an alcoholic prosti...

Finally some fresh fruit for brekkie! Funny to see everyone from the night before hanging and suffering! I definately one of those! Today were off on a jeep tour with a group of girls we met in our hostel. Feel like a hippie chick cruising around in a jeep! First stop posha ingles (English pool) where the inner tarzan in us comes out! Get to seing on a rope in the middle of the forest! Ah-mazing rush of adrenaline. Onwards and upwards for our massage aka wa...

Early mornig start to cath the 9am ferry leaving I.grande back to Angra dos Reis where we hope to catch a bus to Paraty. Lucky we had Lucianna our room mate from I.Grande with us at the bus terminal as she was able to help us buy our tickets! After saying ou goodbyes our bus arrived dot on time, except we expected him to wait for us instead the driver started to drive off. After chasing him withs out backpacks he stopped, but decided he wasn't going to get off ...

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...