The day was here! We were finally heading to Florianopolis. We were sooooo excited to finally see the Beach House I had bought Ben for one of his 30th birthday pressies. The photos on AirBnb were amazing so we just couldn’t wait to see it in the flesh. We arrived in Flori and after quick…
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Exploring the HUGE city that is São Paulo
We woke up nice and early with our minds set on exploring the sights of this gigantic city. Ben had read online that São Paulo has many famous museums, so we set off to visit the São Paulo Art Gallery and the Afro – Caribbean Museum in Ibierquira Park. Thirty minutes of walking around the…
The BEST sandwich in São Paulo?
Manes’ in the Mecardo Municipal Having woken up relatively hungover from the night before there was only one thing for it, a world famous, beast of a sandwich from Manes’ in the Mecardo Municipal. Legend has it that back in the 1930’s, Mane wasn’t always as generous with his portions. The locals kept complaining about…
We splashed out for a meal at Terraço Italia, São Paulo
Whilst in Paraty, we’d met a nice guy from S.P who had very kindly wrote out a little itinerary on the back of a napkin for us. One of his suggestions was Terraco Italia, a gorgeous Italian restaurant located on the 41st floor of one of S.P’s many skyscrapers. Quick shower and change, we grabbed…
The beautiful Tarzan Waterfalls, Paraty
The Tarzan Waterfalls are a popular jungle destination known for its natural rock slide & swimming hole and since being told about it in Rio it was firmly on our list of things to visit in Paraty. Having looked into the different ways to go we had learned that tour guides had wanted over a…
The Ilha Grande Sunrise Hike (or not).
The alarm went off at 12.15am – ouch! It was hardly the next day and just an hour an a half later than we went to bed. Prepped and ready to go we made our way to the meeting point. We looked like we took our hiking very seriously in our hiking trousers, walking boots…
Oh hi Ilha Grande you beauty!
During our research months we had stumbled across a beautiful little island just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and it was a place neither of us were to prepared to miss off! So after the madness of 10 days in Rio we were so excited to hit the beaches of Ilha Grande. The…
Exploring the Beaches of Ilha Grande
Our first proper day in Ilha Grande. Beach bags packed we headed to the beach to catch some rays. The sun wasn’t out but it was still warm so we comfortably sat for a few hours in the sun, ben reading his book, me writing the diary. After a few hours, I noticed a lot…
The infamous Selaron Steps & Suagrloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
We started the morning early, grabbing a cheese & ham croissant with a coffee and jumped onto the metro towards Glória. Having unexpectedly been here before, we had a vague idea of which direction to head in. However a nice Brazilian guy kindly pointed us in the right way and walked with us until we…
Christ the Redeemer – The Big Dude!
Here it is! The big day had finally arrived! We were finally going to realise Bens’ dream of visiting Christ the Redeemer, something he’d wanted to do his whole life. After a short walk along Copacabana beach, we booked our tickets and grabbed a fresh coconut (and beer for Ben) whilst waiting for the transfer…
The Roaming Beans 