Quiet Islands to Quaint Towns
February 8th 2010 I organized some transport to escape Rio de Janeiro before my liver failed completely. A gas-powered jeep arrived at my hostel to pick me and some other backpackers up for the journey south. The ride was pretty uncomfortable though. Squashed in the back of a jeep with a pile of heavy backpacks hanging precariously over my head for two hours was not much fun. The jeep bounced its way over hills and
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