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Hiya everyone!
Well you'll probably be very sad to learn that this will most likely be the final blog entry... devastating news I know! I have made it to my final stop, Rio and fly home tomorrow :-( Arrived here yesterday in 35 degree heat, headed to Copacabana beach, the Christ the Redeemer statue from which you get amazing views and then up to Sugar Loaf Mountain, which was pretty fab too! Rio itself is supposed to be quite dangerous and we think we have witnessed at least one mugging! But so far our group has been safe, I think you just need to be sensible and to try not to look like too much of a tourist! Aside from that aspect it seems like a great city with loads going on, pretty much exactly what you'd expect I guess! Went out last night for a few Caiphrinhas (bad spelling), very nice, very strong! Tomorrow a bunch of the guys are paragliding from the top of one of the hills in Rio, not me though way too big a wuss for that kind of thing but I am hopefully heading with them to spectate! After that there'll only be a couple of hours before I head to the Airport!
Before arriving in Rio we spent 3 nights on Ilha Grande, a gorgeous island with amazing beaches and rainforest. Spent one day hiking for hours in flip flops and the next we just spent the whole day on the beach... bliss! Could have hung around there for another week or 5!
The stomach bug I had when I last wrote lasted a week, couldn't eat for 5 days and I felt like utter crap! But we have 4 newly qualified docs on the trip and they were great and I am feeling fine now and probably a couple of pounds lighter which is always a bonus!
Anyhow can't wait to catch up with everyone in the next few weeks!! I have had an amzing time on this trip and I am very sad that it is coming to an end but I have also missed everyone loads and I am glad I have such a fab bunch of people to come home to!
See you all really soon! Love Vxxx
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