Congrats to Lynne & Derrick on the new arrival, don't know his name yet (sorry!) Anyways, we arrived safe and sound in Rio after 3 flights and 24 hours travelling to sun sea and sand! Our mission for our time in Rio was to "find Christ" (as in the Christ the Redeemer statue) and after a lot of looking out of windows on the bus, randomly star...

I have spent all day travelling back to Rio and still feeling a little run down from whatever I had 3 days ago. I am hoping it is lack of food and will try and sort that out tonight with some basic food here in Rio. The good news is my timing is good as it downpoored with rain all the way back to Rio. The unfortunate things is most brazilians ar...

Cini mi se da je najbolji period za posetu ovom gradu raj janura i februar ored karneval. Svaki dan su zurke, pevaci i grupe kao i skole sambe vezbaju za karneval a ujedno se i reklamiraju da bi imali sto vise posetilaca, flajeri mi ispadaju iz dzepova koliko ih ima a sve su zurke za ne propustiti. Juce je bio ponedeljak ali who cares, zurke na ...

Itīs bucketing it down here now but not yesterday. Yesterday it was luvverly and we had our first taste of adventure. (The day before doesnīt count - it was a jet-lag day which we spent wandering like zombies on Copacabana beach - yawn) Anyway - yesterday: We went to Corcovado - the Christ statue. We decided to get a taxi to the top in order to ...

And so the trip begins! Gretta and I arrived in Rio in a bit of a haze after the long flight, greeted by Marcel the driver from our hostel. Unusual to see my name on a placard in an airport - absolutely no hope of anyone pronouncing it anyway! Immediately accosted by the money-changers and did a dodgy deal in a corner - armed with some Brazilian...

After yesterdays trauma of carrying the rucksacks, we are on high alert for the nearest Fedex, who would have thought Iīd want to drop some of my two T-Shirts/ 2 Shorts/ 2 Trousers etc . We showered, still felt sticky, applied factor 30 to our ghostly bodies and headed for Copacobana beach, duvet cover intow. We found a nice dinner at about &eur...

I am sitting on Ipanema beach, itīs 6.30pm - the end of a long days sunbathing for most. All around me is the buzz of people chatting, wandering, drinking and flirting. The women are clad in virtually nothing and the men in the Brazilian version of Speedos (the is slightly unfair if you are a woman!). Reddened tourists (or Welsh men who keep the...