We started the day in the heart of Santiago. Our guide and chef for the day was waiting for us outside of the “Mercado Central” or Central Market. Francisco or “Pancho” as he like to be called, began the day with a brief history lesson on Chile and its relationship with food. We listened intently…
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Four hands massage class in Santiago – AMAZING
We’d been speaking to Tamara Monsalve and Maria Jose Bravo from AcuatroManos Masaje on AirBnB and couldn’t believe our luck when we received a message offering us a four hands massage in exchange for a mention on our blog. Not only that, but Tamara and Maria offered to go one step further and teach us…
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 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…
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…
Our Bucket Lists ✔️📝
During one of our usual 2 hours trips from Hackney back home to Norfolk, we decided to write write our bucket lists. I would say that it was “things to do before we are 30” but hey… one of us is there already! So here it is, a full list of what we want to…
The Roaming Beans 