Rio de Janeiro II

Here Pao de Acucar, Sugar loaf hill, a steep rock directly on the shore overlooking most of the beaches..

..and offering a superb view of the city and Corcovado.

Unfortunately we cannot arise your jealousy with many beach pictures, as real Coriocas (who we tried to imitate!!) don't take anything to the beach (pickpockets!!) except a bit of cash for coconut juice and snacks.

Also, lucky blokes that we are, we even managed to get tickets for the world cup 2012 qualifier game between Brazil and Bolivia. Yes, that's right we saw Ronaldinho, Robinho, Diego, Lucio and the whole lot of them LIVE!

For those of you who haven't already guessed, we absoluetely L-O-V-E-D Rio, it is just one fantastic place to be..