Hi everyone! Ive decided to start a blog as the best way of keeping everyone back home up to date with whats going on with our travels. No doubt someone will one day publish these chronicles in the style of the Motorcycle Diaries. First stop was Rio. Had a good few days wandering around the different areas of the city, enjoyable despite the fact that it did drizzle quite a lot. Walking down a deserted copacobana in the rain wasnt quite how I imagined it would be! When the sun did come out we managed to get to the beach for the obligatory capariniha in a coconut. Got some great views of Rio from Santa Teresa, and obviously from the Big Jesus, (Christ the Redeemer to be specific, but Im pretty sure there is only one
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