Blogs from Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

So where did we leave you??....Ah yes, Sao Paulo bus station.... The 6hr bus ride was pretty uneventful, and bleary eyed we arrived at Rio de Janeiro station at 3am, found a bench and curled up to catch a few more z´s.....we´re back into the swing of things again now (after our cushy month in New Zealand) and have now regained the ability to sleep anywhere with any amount of noise around us! A couple of hours later our alarm woke us and we trundled off, with our fingers crossed, to find a bus to Arraila do Cabo. What do you know, only 4 seats left on the 5.45am bus, and none for the rest of the day! We hoped on, watched a beautiful sunrise over Rio and then slept for the rest of the journey! ... read more

Ola! We have spent a lovely week here at Pero but now it is time for the real nitty gritty traveling to begin... this brazil we are experiencing is far too civilized! Our plans have changed AGAIN... here is our itinary just so you know where we are in the world (dont know when we might come in contact with a computer again)... tomorrow morn we are getting the bus up Macae then on to Vitoria... final destination, domingos martins (a small mountain town where we can hike in the mountains and swim in the waterfalls) then onto belo horizonte, moving to campo grande.... then Bolivia here we come! Jazz requested tha i tell her about all the delicious brazilian cuisine... havent found any yet but still looking.... we´ve been living off hamburgers, pizza and sandwiches! ... read more

The person who was subletting my apartment has found someone to replace her for the final month of the agreement, so the world tour continues. Instead of returning to Geneva early, I'll be going to Argentina after all, although it's very unlikely that I'll retrace my steps toward Bolivia.... read more

Polly: Had the most awesome day yesterday. Ross & I went out on a boat around the neighboring islands and went diving and snorkelling. The weather was hot and sunny, the winds were calm and the visibility was great. I was really nervous just before as I hadn´t dived for yonks but after about 30 seconds of very unproductive, rapid breathing I chilled out and sunk to the bottom. After about 10 minutes I´d stopped thinking about it and just loved it. The highlight was the amount of turtles. Some were just chilling on the sea bed, whilst others swam about, not really bothered by us. There was one massive one, who I swam along with for ages. I also saw a humungous crab and a huge lobster, both down cracks, clearly experts of hiding from ... read more