We left Rio at around 10.30 in the morning for a 4.5 hour coach transfer to a remote villa on the edge of the Serra da Bocaina National Park for our first overnight stop. The villa was set in beautiful surroundings next to a lake. It was originally built as the headquarters of the Brazilian Automobile Association and has hosted a number of famous people over the years, including the President of Brazil. I will upload some pictures when I get back to the UK.
Despite the location, the villa was fairly basic, and unfortunately I didn't get a very good night's sleep. That said, at least I didn't wake up to find a highly poisonous hairy spider in my room climbing into my rucksack, which one of the other trekkers found when he woke in the morning!
It was at this point that I could tell that things were going to get very interesting as the week was going to progress!
Despite the location, the villa was fairly basic, and unfortunately I didn't get a very good night's sleep. That said, at least I didn't wake up to find a highly poisonous hairy spider in my room climbing into my rucksack, which one of the other trekkers found when he woke in the morning!
It was at this point that I could tell that things were going to get very interesting as the week was going to progress!
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