Day 1- 22nd Feb 7:30- Craig leaves Newport with family in tow, Tom leaves Leicester at 7:30. 9:30- Both meet at Terminal 5, Heathrow. Check in and say our goodbyes, no tears from the boys, which Tom was very impressed with! 12:00pm- Board the Boeing 777, seats 37 a and b. We are sitting on the runway for an hour waiting to take off, due to BA's incapacity to clean the aircraft in time for takeoff! 9:45pm- (Rio De Janeiro time)- Land at Rio International, manage to get through customs without any problems and our taxi man waiting with the board- TOM WALTON. Happy days, we are onto a winner here mate! 10:45pm- Still at Rio airport, there is huge issues with cash points. Hundreds of them but only a couple that had english translations, we
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