The end is nigh. Having spent the last 2 days back on Ipanema and with all our important stuff packed away, bar a complete disaster on the taxi journey to the airport both our objectives of our time in Brasil are, you'll be glad to know I'm sure, complete. We treated ourselves last night to a meal at what is basically an 'all you can eat' bbq but in a restaraunt. You head to the buffet for some salad before an army of waiters come to your table with all sorts of cuts of meat and give you what you want. A nice touch is that you're given a small card green on one side, red on the other which lets the waiters know 'yes' or 'no' for more meats. This means that you're not completely pestered for more meat all the time which is nice.

And today, we've just come back from the beach and having a small farewell beer in the hostel before catching our taxi. I think that we just want to get there now. Personally I'm looking forward to a few things I've missed like fresh milk, salt and vinegar kettle chips, homous and those little pork pies from sainsbury's. The fresh milk is the big one though. Everything's UHT here! Rubbish!

So maybe, just to complete the trip, I'll post again after getting home. It's been an amazing 4 months and we cant quite believe it's over but here it is. 4 hours time and we'll be sat on our flight to London. Definitely looking forward to seeing everyone though!

-- Posted from my iPhone

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