São Paulo isn't really known as a tourist destination, and I can see why. But after nine years of living in London, many of the things that visitors find intimidating about São Paulo - the huge crowds of people, the confusing transport system, the hectic pace of life

Brazil seems to be in a state of chaos at the moment. The night after we arrived in Rio [https://www.nothere.co.uk/rio-de-janeiro/], the 200-year-old National History Museum burned down, destroying an estimated 90% of its priceless artefacts. A few days later the far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro

I'm used to going on holiday to places where tourists are told to dress modestly, so as not to offend local sensibilities. But on our first day in Rio, as we walked along the undulating black and white mosaic path that fronts onto Copacabana Beach, I felt like

South America is one of those places that's always been on my travel 'to do' list, without ever quite rising to the top due to reasons of practicality. It's always seemed too big to do justice to on a two or three week trip,