Rio, Brazil
My plans for Rio were satisfied, aside from the sun part, which chose only to appear for a full day on Christmas day. I'd not realised that the Christmas period is always the rainiest time of the year, and neither had anyone else who turned up. Still, it didn't stop us having fun.My hostel was in Ipanema down a gated side alley with 6 or 7 other hostels, very close to the gay section of the beach (which I managed to spend 2 afternoons at before realising why ther...