DUDES! IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GUESS HAYLEY WAS DRUNK WHEN SHE WROTE THAT LAST ENTRY! HENCE THE CRAZY SPELLING MISTAKES...... WE'VE JUST GOT BACK FROM A TOUR OF THE FAVELAS WHICH WAS TOTALLY AMAAAAAAAAAZING! (FAVELAS ARE THE SHANTY TOWNSHIPS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO)RODE ON THE BACK OF MOTORBIKES UP TO THE TOP OF THE FAVELAS, BIT HAIRY AS NO CRASH HELMETS! BUT FELT TOTALLY SAFE SO DON'T PANIC MUMS!!! THE FAVELAS ARE MADE UP OF HOUSES WHICH ARE BUILT ONE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER..THEY SELL THEY'RE ROOF SPACE SO THAT ANOTHER FAMILY CAN BUILD THEIR HOUSE...SOME DO COLLAPSE, WE SAW A SITE WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING ANOTHER HOUSE WHICH HAD COLLAPSED DUE TO THE RAINS. THEY PAY NO TAX, AND NO BILLS THEY TAKE THE WATER FROM THE NATIONAL PARK! AND THERE ARE ELECTRICAL WIRES EVERYWHERE ! WE VISITED AN ART STUDIO WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO PAINT, WHICH THEY SELL..THEY REALLY ARE SO COLOURFUL AND I BOUGHT A SMALL PAINTING FROM A BOY CALLED MATHEUS WHO WAS SO SWEET! THE GUIDE CALLED DANNI ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE BAD REPUTATION OF THE FAVELAS IS OVER EXAGGERATED AND THAT ITS PROBABLY SAFER THAN THE STREETS IN THE MAIN PART OF THE CITY...AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO AGREE, FELT TOTALLY SAFE ALTHOUGH WE DID SEE SOME GUYS WITH GUNS! HAH HA HA! NO REALLY..PEOPLE WERE SO FRIENDLY AND DIDNT HASSLE US LIKE ON THE BEACHES. WE ARE WELL SETTLED INTO THE HOSTEL NOW..WE ARE THE OFFICIAL ISLE O WIGHT GIRLS! WE WERE GOING TO TRAVEL UP THE NORTH ON THURSDAY BUT WE MIGHT GO SOUTH FIRST AND COME BACK TO THIS HOSTEL ON THE 18TH BECAUSE....WAIT FOR IT... THE ROLLING STONES ARE DOING A LIVE FREE GIG ON COPACABANA BEACH YEEEEEAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT GOTTA GO AS THE INTERNET IS FREE BUT QUES ALL THE TIME SO APOLOGIES FOR LATE EMAILS....NIPPING TO THE SPA NOW! TAKE CARE LOVE YOU ALL AND MISSING YOU! PEACE! XXXXXXXXXXX