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Hi Everyone... ok here is the update!
The flights over were v long, although had fun on the Atlanta stop over chatting to some old geezar that worked for the USA government! very interesting!
Arrived on wednesday, the first hotel was lovely- a porter and everything!, headed straight to Copacobana beach, quite nice but a little dodgy! then went to go for a few drinks in a bar off the beach, started chatting to some english and looked around, there were loads of brazillian women... later realised they were all ladies of the night in the day...o dear...we soon left!
Went out that night to Ipanema, a nicer part of rio, went to the obligatory irish bar, shananigans, then to a cool club that had a band on- they were wicked, singing black eyed peas etc...
Thursday - did Sugar loaf mountain on the cable car- v scary indeed! but fantasic views of rio- its a beautiful city, but there is extreme poverty on the outskirts- quite scary really... it is massive, has lots of beaches, and lovely green rainforest moutains surrounding... we then went to the maracana stadium, to have a look around... saw the footprints of pele and rinaldo...
Went for a posh meal to maru's- had lobster, cocktails, and totally went over the top... we had 350 reals, which is about 80 quid... but when the bill came it was 400r eals, because of the service charge! and we had no other moeny! how embarassing! we told the woman, and she let us off, sorted us a driver home for free and gave up a champagne cocktail as we waited! talk about nice understanding people! it was ace! on a budget from now on though!
Yesterday went up to the statue, christ the redeemer, it was amazing, and had wicked views too.
Then went to meet the group from the tour, a couple of ozzie couples, and 5 other women, and us! the guide is from peru and he is pretty sound, although doesnt know a lot! he looks like micheal bolton with a tan...
Travelled to Ile grande today, its a beautiful island south of rio... thankful to be out of the city... got some gorgeous huts in the rainforest, the sun is shinning and its boiling hot... didnt like the trip over, had a 2 hour bus journey, then a 2 hour boat journey, which was so slow i could have swam quicker! i felt nausious after around 30 mins...then arrived, got off the boat and projectile vomitted all over the jetty! what a welcome! bet my new group mates love me eh?! anyway, feel a bit better now, just really hot and a bit ropey!
so thats the news so far- we are here for 4 nights, to be attackd my mossies! then off the parati, then to igazzu falls for christmas...
Hope everyone is having fun...fill me in on the gossip!
Ali
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