We hopped the bus back and made it to the bus station at 2:50 which is when we were supposed to be picked up. After sprinting back to the hostel and waiting ten minutes one of our buddies behind the desk gave me this quote, “In Brazil people are always late. Unless that is, you expect them to be, in which case they will be early. But never will they be on time. When we arrived, he explained he was chaffer, receptionist, waiter, and maintenance for the day. We began by changing into our robes and drinking fabulous green and rose tea. Off then the “wet sauna” or as I call it, steam room.

Then to the Japanese garden bath, a body scrub, and a massage. I literally feel like a new girl and this is the first time Sarah and I have felt clean in weeks. It was a blessing. Thanks Blaine, we love [...]