Blogs from Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 29

Well, The flight from israel was late on departure, because of a crack in the pilot's windsheild (which would have made it a non shield if the flight would have taken off). Luckly i had 4 hours between the flights and thus i reached the flight on the last second, which did not help me avoid waiting for another delay, this time in the flight to rio, for another hour. At the end i reached the hotel Stone of a Beach at about 1 AM local time after a 24 hour journey. Here in Rio its summer and the humidity and temperatures remind me of a really bad summer day in Tel-Aviv. Anyway i didnt wait much and went on a tour to see Jesus standing and a set of really nice mosaic stairs . Also ... read more

So my last blog ended with me having a few stomach problems and hoping I wouldn´t be the next one needing the doctor! After feeling rough for two days and frequent trips to the loo, we didn´t call a doctor but went to the chemist and managed to get the anti-biotics that Miles was prescibed for his diarrea. Three tablets to be taken one a day. We had a six hour bus journey to Rio de Janeiro the following day, so to be sure of no incidents on the bus I chose to not eat until we were in Rio. Thankfully the tablets seemed to have worked and at the moment I feel OK. Our hostel in Rio was OK, we thought we had a two bedroom apartment, but we had one bedroom with twin beds ... read more

One little idea that me and Shane pondered over at the age of about 15.... to travel the world, and though this idea probably came about when we were bored in maths class or something similar, here we are some 9 years later on the first day of our adventure. Boarding the plane last night shane started being a drama queen, something both of us can be guilty of at times. He told the cabin crew that he had a pathological fear of flying especially on long haul flights and despite this being a lie and me having to force my laughter down one of the flight attendants moved us to first class, ha... I know... us in hoodys and joggers, you can imagine how many dirty looks we received from the business men surrounding us! ... read more

We just spent five days in Rio and it is an amazing city. We were lucky to stay in a really social hostel so we met tons of other travellers. We did some sightseeing in the city to check out the main sights, like the Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks the city. This was one of my favourite activities since we first stopped at a lookout to take pictures of the city and then went all the way up to the lookout right underneath the statue. The day we went it was hot and the sun was shining, but the statue was still shrouded in mist, which made it look really cool. On the same tour we also stopped to see this really amazing urban art project. An artist from Chile decided to tile and ... read more

Hi All We have moved from Botafogo to Copacabana which has coincided with the start of the Football World Cup...... Beech Football! But it is still pretty good, its free entrance as well! Today we watched Brazil destroy the Solomon Islands and Portugal beat Iran but suprisingly on Penalties! But better than that Danny and Craig went to the Maracana Wednesday night with 62,000 mental Brazilian Football fans and i mean mental! They go absolute mad for it out here. The Maracana is a quality venue and worth its reputation but the fans make it even more special. The amount of noise they make and atmosphere they create is better than any ground in England by a distance, but the standard of football is not, but entertaining nonethe less! Anyhow i think that is enough about ... read more