Blogs from Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 32

So-there we were at the airport..me with my stupid cable that was so not working...Jess..with her thousands of pounds and nowhere to go. a comedy of errors in sued. To calm things I suggested a pint. The amber liquid was pure..however needed to be consumed at the correct boberage..so that the Jess and I could make the long trek to the boarding gate. need we have wasted those last few precious sips!!!NOO!!! The blasted airport was at a standstill after 3cm of rain!I mean come one people..its the UK..it rains..it rains a lot! Surely a developed country can handle the gentle pitter patter of raindrops..a gigantic 747 cannot wade through a wee puddle that my puny little pommey mother in her spanking new gum boots can wade through!nOT SOOOO! We must wait..yup..not just the normal ... read more

Idag var sista dagen av min resa, och jag har splittrade kanslor angaende hemresan. Efter senast jag skrev i Bolivien har jag hunnit resa en hel del igen. En dagstur runt byn Tupiza pa hastar (precis som for tva ar sedan, endast kortare) holl pa att sluta dramatiskt, tack vare att vi insisterade pa att fa "riktiga" hastar och inga halvdoda latmaskar. Jag fick "Speedy Gonzalez" som verkligen levde upp till sitt namn, han ville alltid vara forst. Jag rakade ha en liten incident nar en annan hast tog forbi mig och Speedy i galopp, Speedy flippade och skenade ivag i galopp... gud jag har aldrig varit med om nagot liknande pa hast, jag rev och slet i tyglarna och kampade for att halla mig pa hastryggen, duckade for tradgrenar ovanfor mig och tankte ett ogonblick ... read more

In Rio angekommen!!!! Und hat das Herz wehgetan, als wir Ilha Grande verlassen haben. Die Sonne schien so doll, dass wir lieber am Strand gelaegen haetten als uns auf die Faehre zu setzen. Wir sind dann aber dann um 3 Uhr in Rio angekommen und konnten die letzten Sonnenstrahle am Copacabana Strand mitkriegen. Da hier ja Herbst ist, geht die Sonne schon schnell unter. Momentan so um 17.30 Uhr. Und da in Rio die Gebaeude so hoch sind, sitzt man schneller im Schatten als man denkt. Mir ist es auch schon oefters passiert, dass wir aus einem Geschaeft gegangen sind und ich dachte, "Wie es ist schon dunkel... oder regnet es gleich?"... Dabei waren wir zwischen super grosse Hochhaeuser und es war keine einzig Wolke am Himmel, wenn man hoch guckte... Mein erster Eindruck von ... read more

So the fun in Rio continues... the Peixotos organised for a couple from their church, Isaias and Legia (who run a tour agency, and are studying for their final law exams!) to take us around their city. The first day we went west to Barra da Tijuca, a long stretch of lovely beach, and sipped the juice from a coconut. The drive down there is spectacularly varied, with lush hills surrounding you on every side, the valleys filled to overflowing with residential and commercial development, the favelas (more on these later) overtaking more and more of the hills, and the double decker highway which comes out of one of the hills to hug the coast, giving amazing views back towards the east to Ipanema. We passed big shopping centres, one in particular which is called ... read more

Well it’s now the 4th of April and I’m sure you’re all wondering why I haven’t emailed yet. And the only excuse I’ve got is that I’m having a good time. Feel free to read on if you’re interested and if it becomes to draining or depressing for you please feel free to have a look at the STA Travel site, they may have the deal for you. So after arriving in Rio de Janeiro (river of January) on the 9th of March (36 hours later after leaving Brisbane) we were pretty shagged, (the Qantas club lounge showers in the USA were the only saviors) decided that the first thing we had to do was to check out the Copa, Copacabana, where music and passion … blah you get it, and it was huge. That ... read more