The kids from Ipanema

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is our LAST DAY. Quite weird. Work looms, and apparently it's freezing cold in London :(
We flew from Buenos Aires to the Iguaçu falls and were very excited, upon getting off the plane, to come across our first hot weather in ages. I nearly ended up filming at the falls two years ago, and I'm glad I didn't because these things are much more fun when you are not hauling cameras about and losing food receipts.
I can't remember th facts about the falls. They are either the biggest or the widest (or something) waterfalls in the world, and they are so big you can spend a whole day walking round the different tracks through the jungle. I have lots of photos. From a distance it all looks a bit like paradise. There are hundreds of different bits to it and lots of different photo angles. Here's Rick looking like a bit of a mong, and Zoe with some tourists. The jungle is full of raccoony things called coaties that can be a bit of a nuisance when you're eating. As you move round the falls they get bigger and more rainbowy. There are bits where you can peep over the top, and obviously lots of boats to get in. In that last picture we're standing in Argentina and looking at Brazil (for the first time). Then there's a really long walkway (and it's quite new) across the river where everything is suspiciously calm, out to the middle where you can look down the devil's throat. Here it is from a distance, this is what it looks like when you look down, and here is our obligatory tourist photo.
From Iguaçu we flew to Sao Paolo to visit my old work buddy Marta and her lovely husband Mike. They have the world's most beautiful flat. Here is Zoe sitting on the hot tub. Marta, with help from her sous-chef, makes fantastic Caipirinhas, using cashew fruits instead of lime. Here is the mysterious fruit. Look! - The nut comes out the top.
Sao Paolo is the 2nd biggest city in the world (and it is huuuuge) so it has some good city things, like graffitti, a strange cemetary, mind-boggling markets, and a huge famous derelict building which thousands of people live in and is on the verge of falling down. I can't remember what it's called in Potuguese but it translates as "shaky shaky". There are also plenty of opportunities for expanding the waistline with yummy pastry things and, a favourite pastime of mine, drinking in sky-scrapers watching the sunset. (pic 2). Brazilians, being big macho show offs, love wanging around in helicopters.
So that was Sao Paolo, and we´re now in Rio, where we fly home from. We are staying in Copacabana, near Ipanema, both of which have lovely beaches, where we've been getting our last tastes of tropical sun, and of course millions of bars (and more helicopters). The sea here is pretty rough, people are always getting winched out of it. Look how blasé I am in the face of danger. You see some comedy people on the beach. The weather here has been fabulous, although it is a bit smoggy and gross at times. However, the one day we decided to go up the Jesus (so to speak), which takes a long car journey, a lift and an escalator, it was really cloudy. Just about got our shots though... Me; Zoe. We got a good view of the harbour, and another good sunset, from the top of sugar loaf mountain.
So that is just about it! We are coming home tomorrow, arriving something am on Thursday. I will leave you with my favourite picture so far... The last to be released in the range of action figures are carnival Zoe and Rick.
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