Promenade Barra First Rio de Janeiro

In the morning we had originally planned on getting up at 8.30 and heading up to see Christ the Redeemer. None of us could pull ourselves out of bed at the time though. Carey and I had been up until 2.30-3ish and Larissa was at a graduation ball for her friend and didn't get home til 5am. When we finally got up at 10.30 and saw how overcast it w...

Having tasted a bit of Brazil in Iguazu, we headed off to taste the full delights of Brazil's most famous city.We arrived late on a sultry afternoon and checked into our hotel which was situated directly across from the north end of Ipanema beach in swanky Leblon. Our room was on the 15th floor with breathtaking views of Rio’s famous beach...

We left the hotel bright and early at 8AM. Our first stop was up Corcovado Hill to view the Christ Redeemer, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. The Christ statue was really impressive and detailed. There was even a church service held there right at the base of the statue.












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Her name is Rio.....

The beginning of the honeymoon - part deux! We arrived into Rio's Galeao very early in the morning, after a brief stop in Charles de Gaulle airport. .

We had a very good flight, and I slept until we landed, although before I blissfully drifted off, I was kept awake by the pekinese and its owner behind me, u...

Got the number of a tour guide off Brian. She was quite a nice lady from the favelas but we had the worst weather ever. We visited the Maracana stadium, I stood in Pele´s footprints, the Cathedral de Sao Sabastiao, the carnival parade street, the Sugar Loaf mountain and Corcovado. When we were at Corcovado it was so misty a girl on the tour aske...

so im back to the hostel... oh man this is a lot harder than i expected. i can understand a bit of what is spoken but nobody knows english and nobody understands my spanish and im beginning to wonder if i speak spanish with a mexican accent, lol. but fortunately people are nice and try to help. many people at the hostel, most of which speak engl...

ROSE: The bus journey of 4 hours from Parati to Rio whizzes by as we chat to a Dutch couple. They are nearing the end of their one year trip and heading home just days after us. They tell us a about an orphanage they came upon in Siem Riep in Cambodia where they ended up working for a couple of weeks. It's so shocking to hear how little these ki...

where to start eh?! the day started with last minute packing and then swiftly followed by birthday beers on the train and a warning from the transport police before we´d even sat down...a sign of things to come...


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When myself and Gary finally got to the airport we met Joe who then gave me my birthday present - a tin...

Friday 10th April Good Friday. The flight from Santiago to Rio was fine and we got breakfast which was great and landed in Sao Paulo Brasil en route to Rio an hour further north. The landing was very noisy so it was no surprise to hear the plane was grounded due to technical difficulties and we were herded off the plane. Waiting and waiting we w...

Sincere apologies to all who have been waiting for an update to my blog. It has been quite a hectic week and a half since landing in Brazil. In fact the drama started as I was leaving Santiago where, due to a heavy session of drinking the night before, I slept through two alarms and just made it onto my flight in time. It was only then of course...