With Copacabana and Sugar Loaf ticked off we now had Chris the Redeemer or The Christ as the locals call it to visit. We’d already learnt to our cost that everyone in Rio was going to be sightseeing for the next couple of days and this attraction would be just…
The three things everyone mentions when you talk about Rio are Copacabana Beach, Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Well we’d ticked one off our list, now for the others. New Year’s Day, just like at home had been one of snoozing, lazing, recovering and eating. By the second…
I’m not going to make any apologies for the less than usual text in this account of New Year on Copacabana beach. Be honest, some of you may be quite glad of that. Put simply New Year in Rio was spectacular! Here are some highlights… Seeing everyone’s outfits. Most people…
It seems strange to be writing about New Year in August but that’s the point we’re up to in the blog. Having enjoyed the first truly delicious gluten free breakfast thanks to our lovely hosts at Casa 48 we headed down to Copacabana beach. Kass and Helen had treated themselves…
The journey to Rio began with an early morning call from Blas who made sure we awoke in time for the border crossing and flight. We said a fond farewell to him before climbing into our taxi. Thankfully, our driver got us to the customs point just before a coach…
Having dragged our wet, soggy bedraggled selves back onto dry land we loaded onto a jeep and were taken back to the rest of the walkways in Iguassu National Park. As the weather continued to be mixed we alternated between steaming slightly in the sun and adding yet more moisture…
So far we’d seen the mighty waterfalls at Iguassu from the Argentine side. Now, we’d see them from the Brazilian side too. Once again, our driver collected us from the bungalows but this time he whisked us over the land border with a quick check of paperwork and onto Iguassu…
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