Blogs from Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 13

Hi there everyone just a little short message to say that we have arrived safe and sound after a very very long flight! Forgot how boring flying was. Not much to report as of yet as only just arrived only that its 30 odd degrees and the beaches here in Rio are long white and full of ladies with thongs on!!! So thats about it from Marky i'll pass you on to Marie. xx Er well hello everybody, yeah the beaches are great and the 5* hostel isnt bad too. Im far to relaxed to write anything else so cya later im off to the beach!!! Love Mark & Marie xxx... read more

Tudo bem?! Hat wieder lang nix von sich hören lassen, der Sack, ne? Habt ja recht, aber die Zeit vergeht gerade mal wieder wie im Flug. Ich nutze wie immer die letzte Möglichkeit, was zu schreiben, bevor es wieder auf Reisen geht. Denn dieses Wochenende starten wir den 2. Versuch, ins Pantanal - das größte Feuchtgebiet der Erde ( ^^ ) - zu fliegen. Letztes mal wurden leider unsere Flüge wegen Problemen mit der Kreditkarte ("cartão do cräääääääädschto") gecancelt. Wir werden DO-SO dort bleiben und hoffen ein paar exotische Tier- und Pflanzenarten sehen zu können. Dann fängt unsere letzte Arbeitswoche in BH an, samstags geht dann unsere große Tour los und in gut einem Monat simma schon widda in Saarbrigge! Aber was war so in letzter Zeit los? Nach dem letzten Blogeintrag sind wir ja nach ... read more

Day Four-9th September We awoke very early again and took advantage of the great Pestana Breakfast, once fed we returned to our room to pack in preparation for our new digs. I spent most of my free time when not packing before leaving the hotel either sleeping or watching the Rio rooftops for interesting birdlife, there were some lovely blue, yellow and green finch like birds skittering around but none would come close enough for me to effectively photograph until the arrival of Dave the Carioca Pigeon, although our time with Dave was brief it was special and will remain with me for always and although Dave was a rather ugly and common bird.. and most likely a female pigeon heshe was the ONLY bird willing to sit close enough and still enough for me to ... read more

6th September 2010 We made it! That was one looooong flight; at least we weren’t sat next to any crying children  Monday 6th September started at 6.00am in London frantically packing the last things into any bag or box we could find. We eventually got it all done however and headed off to Heathrow. Had a bit of an emotional moment with Mum and Dad after we checked in, felt very sad that it would be six months until I see them again, so to cheer ourselves up, we went and had a slap up breakfast after we’d gone through security and had our very first travelling related wedding present! Simon, thank you very much for that, we had mojitos to celebrate our travels and they were delicious! Didn’t realise that BA now have this ... read more

Et voila arrives a Rio, on demande a un taxi de nous conduire dans le quartier de Copacabana pres de la plage, ou l on avait repere un hotel a peu pres dans nos prix...car tout est hors de prix et bien plein a cette periode. Au final, le taxi apres nous avoir demande de payer une somme enorme pour le trajet, nous amene devant un immeuble ou la proprietaire (pas tres agreable) nous propose un appartement...bon pas du tout ce qu on avait demande, mais on fini par accepter apres avoir fait baisser le prix par nuit(ce qui revient casi au prix d une chambre a 2 dans un hotel). On file directement a la plage, on profite il fait encore beau. Moment farniente sur la plalge et de bonne rigolade passe dans l ocean! ... read more