Ilha Grande and Rio de Janeiro

okay. been a little while since the last post and we´ve been hitting a few spots here in Brazil before heading into Argentina and making our way down towards Patagonia.

So, from Lima we hopped a flight (overnight, of course) over to the eastern coast of South America and landed in Sao Paolo, Brazil where we then quickly grabbed a bus off to the costa verde and Ilha Grande. Ilha Grande was a nice introduction to Brazil since it was basically deserted until around 10 years ago and since then has slowly been converting into a tourist destination. The appeal now of course is that hardly anyone goes there yet, so the island is large and empty, a good place to relax for a few days before hitting the big city …

After a three good days relaxing on Ilha Grande it was time to meet our parents in Rio for a week. You´d think that a week was plenty of time, but it flew by and we could have spent even more time there. Rio certainly has one of the most unique and interesting locations for a city we´ve ever seen and there is a lot to see. Some of the weeks activities included … biking around the lagoa and Ipanema, watching a soccer game at Maracanã stadium, touring through a couple of Rio´s favelas (ghettos), Sugar Loaf and Christ Redeemer, getting stuffed on feijoada, and of course – lots of caipariñas.

And now we are off to Iguazu Falls and Argentina!