A combination of beautiful landscape, fresh food and positive vibes made Rio the first city to make it onto our "We could live here" list.
The Cristo Redentor statue that overlooks the city from the top of 700 metre tall Corcovado Mountain, is as synonymous with Rio de Janeiro as Gisele, Copacabana and Carnivale.
After a rather chaotic arrival in Rio, where we missed our bus stop and had to backtrack on another local bus (damn that Portuguese!), we finally made it to our first Air BnB rental of the trip - a private
"He spent 2 years in jail for that drawing," E tells us, as I snap a picture of some graffiti on the wall.
Our border crossing from Aqaba in Jordan to Eilat in Israel goes smoothly, but as Canadians, it's still the most challenging one we've endured.