We've spent the past few days acclimatising slowly to the 30 degree heat in Fortaleza- it's ridiculously easy to burn! We are staying in the Backpackers Ceara hostel which is a very friendly colourful place and sociable, so perfect to pick up tips for our later stops in terms of food and hostels. The drink of choice here is the caipirinha, a cocktail with cachaca, sugar, and plenty of lime. There are also plenty of coconuts sold along the beach and the ice-cool coconut milk is the perfect remedy for the midday heat..

This afternoon we are heading further south to a place called Canoa Quebrada. Finding the right buses to take is difficult with our extremely limited Portuguese but worth it since they are so cheap- like everything here! We found this out the hard way when we arrived at the airport- the bus stop consisted of a few seats either side of a road and a dark blue sign which was completely blank. People are helpful here and are always willing to point you in the direction..on our connecting flight from Sao Paolo we discovered that plane we were on was actually heading deep inland to Manaus! That could have been interesting...

Off to relax in a hammock for a little while longer, speak to you soon!

Love Bee and Jenny xxx