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Rio de Janeiro Oct 06, 2012
Clare_and_will stayed here on Oct 6, 2012 during their trip titled: No Reservations.
The City of God......
Our ride to Rio was rough, Brazilian roads are bumpy and the drivers... well lets just say they don't believe in lanes or indicators or like braking for that matter! But for us it would all be worth it we were en route to what was expected to be one of the biggest highlights of our trip... the City of God. As our rickety bus made its way into …
The End!
Well, looks like i am actually going to finally finish this... Yes, I am now back in Leeds, and yes no one no longer cares... Whether they did anyway is another argument, but I write these blogs every time i go away for my own future reference, and seeing as I had a laptop it seemed easier to type rather than hand write it as usual (handwriting is …
Day 1
We arrived yesterday (21st) after a smooth but slightly boring 11 hour flight and caught a crazy taxi in the rain which took us to our hostel. Temperature about 19C. Hostel is muy basic (although that`s spanish so not allowed!).
Today we woke up at 5am and then had to force ourselves to sleep until 9am. Had a shower with no locks on the …
Day 2 - Fat Hands
Today is actually day 3 but we decided not to spend money to use the internet yesterday. It's Still a bit grey and slightly drizzly. We had our first travelling experience of handwashing clothes and fashioning a washing line around our bunk out of cord. We avoided the Metro, not due to fear but because we're well 'ard ... and because we thought we' …