Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I woke up to another beautiful morning here, although it looks like it’s going to be another hot one. I met up with Becky at the Cantagalo metro station and we headed over to the lake to walk around it. It was a really nice walk, and took about two hours, and a great way to start the day. It felt completely safe and comfortable to walk around. When we got almost all the…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a good night’s sleep last night, and I have to say that I am so incredibly happy to have air conditioning in my room here. It’s really hot here. Like really hot. And humid. All the time. It’s exhausting. So to have a nice cooled room I can come back to and sleep in is really nice. I hopped on the metro and got down to Carioca station in the downtown area…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I woke up this morning and had a look outside to find that it was an absolutely perfect day! There was not a cloud in the sky, which is exactly what I was hoping for. I text Becky and she was very keen to go see Sugarloaf and Christ the Redeemer today, so we agreed to meet at 10am. I also got a text from Madalena saying that since it was such a perfect…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a good day today, and got to see a little more of the city. I had a good night’s sleep, and thank god for the A/C because it gets really hot here, even at night. When I got up at about 9am, Janine was already gone, so I had the washing machine all to myself. This is the first time in ages I’ve been able to do laundry for free, which is…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a pretty good first day in Rio, but I didn’t see all that much really. I had to get up at my hostel this morning, get all my stuff together, and then get out of there around 8:20am so I could be at my new apartment by 8:30am. Luckily for me, the new place is only a four minute walk from my hostel of last night. I got there right on time…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, had some breakfast at the hostel, and got my stuff packed up so I could finally get out of that craphole. At about 10:30am I headed over to Gray and Jo’s guesthouse on the beach and chilled with them for a bit. I was able to leave my bags there and we went to one of the little cafe’s on the beach to have a juice before the boat…
Ilha Grande, Brazil, South America I got the chance to go diving today, and it was really fun. I wasn’t sure how the weather was going to be this morning, especially after the downpours we got last night, but it was actually very nice. I got up this morning to find that there was absolutely no water at the hostel, so not only could I not get a shower, but I also couldn’t flush the toilet. This place sucks! The…
Ilha Grande, Brazil, South America I got up this morning after a terrible night’s sleep last night. There is a German girl staying in my room who was a little cold last night, so she turned off the A/C. That meant that within a half hour it was absolutely roasting. It also meant that mosquitos had a perfect place to hang out and come bite me. So I was up for most of the night sweating and swatting mosquitos away…
Ilha Grande, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, got some breakfast and then packed up my stuff. I really enjoyed my time in Paraty, but it was time to move on. I checked out of the hostel at 11:30am and had to wait for the transfer bus to come pick me up. They came at 12:20pm, and I was the last one to get picked up. I paid the R$135 (£35) for the whole transfer from Paraty to…
Paraty, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, had a few minutes to grab some breakfast at the hotel, and then my driver showed up. His name was Romulo and he is a tour guide in the state of Rio de Janeiro, although he spoke almost no english at all. We had to go pick up another diver before heading to the marina, but Romulo had no idea where this other pousada was. We drove all over the town…