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So I head into Rio De Janeiro this Sunday…. and I cannot begin to state in words how unbelievably excited I am. Going backpacking is one of my main ambitions, and to think that it’s about to all come to fruition is fecking fantastic! Particularly because as I flicker, on uhh Flickr, I am getting more and more butterflies

Below are some possible options for my travels around Brazil. However, I still have many more countries to consider in the next 3 months (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Chile to be precise!) so I have a lot of research to do.

RIO DE JANEIRO

So far, on my to-do list are the obvious attractions like the Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Christ statue on Corcovado Mountain, but after a bit of research I have come across some more ideas:

+ Street Parties. I might be wrong but I am more excited about the street parties than going to the Sambadrome.

+ Santa Teresa neighbourhood.

+ Tijuca forest.

As well as experiencing the carnaval, visiting the sights and sunbathing on the beach, I hope to do some day trips from Rio.

+ Ilha Grande This island has so much to offer, so I hope to spend a couple of days here with any luck. It looks like the ideal place to relax after all the havoc of the carnaval!

+ Búzios. The Búzios peninsula is just two hours from Rio, and its website boasts that the area is a hotspot for amazing cuisine, surfing, trekking, art and nightlife. Visitors have included the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Mick Jagger, but most importantly this place has beaches, beaches and more beaches… 24 to be precise!

After doing these excursions from Rio, I hope to travel south towards SÃO PAULO. For some reason I was going to give this place a miss and head further on my travels, but I now realise that would be ridiculous! I haven’t researched the place much yet, but I can’t wait to see the Japanese influences. I read somewhere that Liberdade (Sampa’s Little Tokyo) is almost more Japanese than Tokyo itself!

+ Florianópolis. This place is the so-called Party Destination of the Year. Enough said I think!